Pathologic analysis of routine tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy specimens

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 473-477

  Strong, E Bradley ^a   Rubinstein, Brian ^a   Senders, Craig W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOID; ADENOIDECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TONSIL; TONSILLECTOMY;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADENOIDS; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TONSIL; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 0035511975     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhn.2001.119862     Document Type: Article

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