Adenotonsillectomy as a treatment option for poststreptococcal uveitis

Laryngoscope

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 658-660

  Ovchinsky, Alexander ^a   Schulman, Susan ^a   Rosenfeld, Richard M ^a  

^a State University of New York Brooklyn   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenotonsillectomy; Poststreptococcal syndrome; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; TONSILLITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVEITIS;

ADENOIDECTOMY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TONSILLECTOMY; UVEITIS;

EID: 0036218146     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200204000-00012     Document Type: Article

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