International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology






The purpose of the International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology is to concentrate and disseminate information concerning prevention, cure and care of otorhinolaryngological disorders in infants and children due to developmental, degenerative, infectious, neoplastic, traumatic, social, psychiatric and economic causes. The Journal provides a medium for clinical and basic contributions in all of the areas of pediatric otorhinolaryngology. This includes medical and surgical otology, bronchoesophagology, laryngology, rhinology, diseases of the head and neck, and disorders of communication, including voice, speech and language disorders.

Published in cooperation with the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Otolaryngology and Bronchoesophagology, the Asociación Argentina de Otorrinolaringología y Fonoaudiología Pediátrica, the Association Française d'Otorhinolaryngologie Pédiatrique, the Australasian Society of Paediatric Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, the British Association for Paediatric Otorhinolaryngology, the Dutch/Flemish Working Group for Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, the European Society for Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, the Hungarian Society of Otorhinolaryngologists Section on Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, the Interamerican Association of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, the Italian Society of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, the Japan Society for Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, the Polish Society of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, and the Society for Ear, Nose and Throat Advances in Children.

Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief:
R.J. Ruben
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Montefiore Medical Center, The University Hospital for the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA.

Associate Editors:
K Kaga, Tokyo, Japan
J.E. Kerschner, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
T. Nikolopoulos, Athens, Greece
A. Pitkaranta, Helsinki, Finland

Senior Editors:
B. Benjamin, Sydney, Australia
C.D. Bluestone, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
R. Cotton, Cincinnati, OH, USA
J.J. Eggermont, Calgary, Canada
R. Fior, Trieste, Italy
J. Hirschberg, Budapest, Hungary
C. Liu, Beijing, Peoples' Republic of China
P. Narcy, Paris, France
T. Palva, Helsinki, Finland
A. Parving, Copenhagen, Denmark
G. Pestalozza, Milan, Italy
J-I. Suzuki, Tokyo, Japan
C.D.A. Verwoerd, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Editorial Board:
P.W. Alberti, Toronto, Ont., Canada
M. Bailey, London, UK
R.G. Berkowitz, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
L. Brodsky, Buffalo, NY, USA
M. Casselbrant, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
A. Chinski, Buenos Aires, Argentina
M. Chmielik, Warsaw, Poland
H. Coates, Nedlands, Western Australia
C. Cremers, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
M.J. Cunningham, Boston, MA, USA
F. Denoyelle, Paris, France
C.S. Derkay, Norfolk, VA, USA
R. Deskin, San Antonio, TX, USA
J. Dohar, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
J. Fajstawr, Prague, Czech Republic
E. Friedman, Houston, TX, USA
P. Froehlich, Lyon, France
E.N. Garabedian, Paris, France
J.M. Graham, London, UK
M. Gross, Berlin, Germany
M.P. Haggard, Nottingham, UK
G.B. Healy, Boston, MA, USA
E. Hultcrantz, Uppsala, Sweden
Y. Iino, Tokyo, Japan
C.H. Jang, Ksan, South Korea
P.D Karkos, Liverpool, UK
P. Karma, Helsinki, Finland
Y.K. Kemaloglu, Ankara, Turkey
M. Kenna, Boston, MA, USA
P.J. Koltai, Albany, NY, USA
A. Leiberman, Beer-Sheva, Israel
S.C. Manning, Seattle, WA, USA
A.R. Maw, Bristol, UK
H. Muntz, Saint Louis, MO, USA
C.M. Myer, III, Cincinnatti, OH, USA
G. Niedzielska, Lublin, Poland
K. Niskizaki, Okayama, Japan
G.M. O'Donoghue, Nottingham, UK
P.L. Ogra, Galveston, TX, USA
B. Olusanya, Lagos, Nigeria
B. Papsin, Toronto, ON, Canada
D.S. Parsons, Columbia, MO, USA
D. Passali, Rome, Italy
W. Pirsig, Ulm, Germany
C. Post, Pittsburgh, USA
W. Potsic, Philadelphia, PA, USA
S.M. Pransky, La Jolla, CA, USA
C.A.J. Prescott, Cape Town, South Africa
I. Rapin, Bronx, NY, USA
R.M. Rosenfeld, Brooklyn, NY, USA
J. Russell, Dublin, Ireland
A.G. Schilder, Utrecht, The Netherlands
N.L. Shapiro, Los Angeles, CA, USA
S. Shott, Cincinnati, OH, USA
R. Shprintzen, Syracuse, NY, USA
T. Sih, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
R.J. Smith, Iowa City, IA, USA
D.A Staffenberg, New York, USA
G. Taborelli, Genova, Italy
G. Tavartkiladze, Moscow, Russia
T.L. Tewfik, Montreal, Canada
J.M. Triglia, Marseille, France
T. Van Den Abbeele, Paris, France
A. Ysunza, Mexico DF, Mexico
G.H. Zalzal, Washington, DC., USA
Y. Zhang, Guilin, China

Journal Manager
Corina Cosgrave, Elsevier Ireland Ltd. Elsevier House, Brookvale Plaza, East Park, Shannon, Co Clare, Ireland.
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