Tonsillectomy - Clinical consequences twenty years after surgery?

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 981-988

  Johansson, Ewa ^a   Hultcrantz, Elisabeth ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Children; Chronic disease; Long term effect of surgery; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONSILLECTOMY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0042121007     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5876(03)00196-4     Document Type: Article

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