Cephalometric pattern and nasal patency in children with primary snoring: The evidence of a direct correlation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Zicari, Anna Maria ^a   Duse, Marzia ^a   Occasi, Francesca ^a   Luzzi, Valeria ^b   Ortolani, Emanuela ^c   Bardanzellu, Flaminia ^a   Bertin, Serena ^a   Polimeni, Antonella ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c George Eastman Dental Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOID HYPERTROPHY; ADENOTONSILLAR HYPERTROPHY; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; CERVICAL SPINE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYOID BONE; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; NASAL PATENCY; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIMARY SNORING; PULSE OXIMETRY; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; RHINOMANOMETRY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SNORING; TONSIL DISEASE; TONSILLAR HYPERTROPHY; NOSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NOSE; SNORING;

EID: 84910002763     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111675     Document Type: Article

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