Effectiveness of adenotonsillectomy in children with mild symptoms of throat infections or adenotonsillar hypertrophy: Open, randomised controlled trial

Clinical Otolaryngology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 60-63

  Van Staaij, Birgit K ^a   Van Den Akker, Emma H ^b   Rovers, Maroeska M ^a   Hordijk, Gerrit Jan ^a   Hoes, Arno W ^a   Schilder, Anne G M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOTONSILLAR HYPERTROPHY; ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NETHERLANDS; PHARYNGITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TONSIL DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADENOIDS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; PHARYNGITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; TONSIL; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 17244372282     PISSN: 17494478     EISSN: 17494486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2273.2005.00980.x     Document Type: Article

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