Sizing up the adenoid

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 239-240

  Gates, George A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOID; DISEASE DURATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA; MYRINGOTOMY; OPERATING ROOM; OTITIS MEDIA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REVIEW; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 0029869486     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.1996.01890150017004     Document Type: Review

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