Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy: Changing indications

Pediatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1319-1338

  Deutsch, E S ^a  

^a ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOID; ADENOIDECTOMY; ALGORITHM; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; LABORATORY TEST; PHARYNGITIS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONSIL DISEASE; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 0030467765     PISSN: 00313955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-3955(05)70521-6     Document Type: Article

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