Tonsillitis index: An objective tool for quantifying the indications for tonsillectomy for recurrent acute tonsillitis

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1515-1520

  Fujihara, Keiji ^a   Goto, Hironobu ^a   Hiraoka, Masanobu ^a   Hayashi, Masaki ^a   Hotomi, Muneki ^a   Tamura, Shinji ^a   Kuki, Kiyonori ^a   Yamanaka, Noboru ^a   Koltai, Peter J ^b  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CD80; CD86; Natural history of tonsillitis; Recurrent acute tonsillitis; The co stimulatory signals; Tonsillectomy; Tonsillitis index

Indexed keywords

B7 ANTIGEN; CD86 ANTIGEN;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; STIMULATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD80; ANTIGENS, CD86; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TONSIL; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 26844457407     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2005.04.007     Document Type: Article

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