Diagnostic efficacy of different methods in the assessment of adenoid hypertrophy

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 147-151

  Saedi, Babak ^a   Sadeghi, Mohammad ^a   Mojtahed, Mohammad ^a   Mahboubi, Hossein ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ADENOID; ADENOID HYPERTROPHY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH BREATHING; NASOPHARYNX; NOSE ENDOSCOPY; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SNORING;

ADENOIDS; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA; SNORING;

EID: 79952314341     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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