Abdominal Adiposity Correlates with Adenotonsillectomy Outcome in Obese Adolescents with Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Background. Obese adolescents with Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) have a unique pathophysiology that combines adenotonsillar hypertrophy and increased visceral fat distribution. We hypothesized that in this population waist circumference (WC), as a clinical marker of abdominal fat distribution, corre...

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Autores principales: Nino, Gustavo, Gutierrez, Maria J., Ravindra, Anjani, Nino, Cesar L., Rodriguez-Martinez, Carlos E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3518792/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23251797
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/351037

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3518792/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23251797
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/351037

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