Associations between Adenotonsillar Hypertrophy, Age, and Obesity in Children with Obstructive Sleep Apnea

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Kang, Kun Tai ^a,b,c   Chou, Chen Han ^a   Weng, Wen Chin ^a   Lee, Pei Lin ^a   Hsu, Wei Chung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOID SIZE; ADENOTONSILLAR HYPERTROPHY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; ORGAN SIZE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; TONSIL SIZE;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; INFANT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; ORGAN SIZE; PALATINE TONSIL; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 84886418348     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078666     Document Type: Article

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