Malignancy in asymmetrical but otherwise normal palatine tonsils

Ear, Nose and Throat Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 661-663

  Oluwasanmi, Adenike F ^a,b   Wood, Stephen J ^a   Baldwin, David L ^a   Sipaul, Fabian ^a  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALATINE TONSIL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TONSIL CANCER; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 33947704633     PISSN: 01455613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014556130608501014     Document Type: Article

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