The Adequacy of Gross Pathological Examination of Routine Tonsils and Adenoids in Patients 21 Years Old and Younger

Human Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1053-1057

  Williams, Michelle D ^a   Brown, Heather M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenoids; Lymphoma; Pathology; Pediatric; Tonsils

Indexed keywords

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC TONSILLITIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECURRENT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS; UNITED STATES; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0142169918     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/S0046-8177(03)00408-8     Document Type: Article

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