Is the use of routine pathological examination of tonsillectomy specimens from adults useful?;Is routinematig histologisch onderzoek van tonsillectomiepreparaten bij volwassenen zinvol?

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Keel- Neus- Oorheelkunde

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 155-158

  Van Kerckhoven, W ^a   Brutel, G ^a   De Vries, N ^a  

^a ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Histology; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BIOPSY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TONSIL DISEASE; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 3242696847     PISSN: 13816683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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