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Association of Adenotonsillectomy with Asthma Outcomes in Children: A Longitudinal Database Analysis

BACKGROUND: Childhood asthma and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), both disorders of airway inflammation, were associated in recent observational studies. Although childhood OSA is effectively treated by adenotonsillectomy (AT), it remains unclear whether AT also improves childhood asthma. We hypothesi...

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Autores principales: Bhattacharjee, Rakesh, Choi, Beatrix H., Gozal, David, Mokhlesi, Babak
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4219664/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25369282
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001753