The Rising Incidence of Adult Acute Epiglottitis and Epiglottic Abscess

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 374-383

  Berger, Gilead ^a,b   Landau, Tali ^a,b   Berger, Sivan ^a,b   Finkelstein, Yehuda ^a,b   Bernheim, Joelle ^a,b   Ophir, Dov ^a,b  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ACUTE EPIGLOTTITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; EPIGLOTTIS ABSCESS; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 0242443423     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0709(03)00083-8     Document Type: Article

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