Postoperative complications after tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy in children with Down syndrome

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 171-176

  Goldstein, Nira A ^a,b   Armfield, Derek R ^a,b   Kingsley, Lawrence A ^b   Borland, Lawrence M ^a,b   Allen, Gregory C ^a,b   Post, J Christopher ^a,b,c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOIDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 2P; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; DISEASE COURSE; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; TONSILLECTOMY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 0031887769     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.124.2.171     Document Type: Article

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