Is diagnostic tonsillectomy indicated in all children with asymmetrically enlarged tonsils?

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 367-370

  van Lierop, Anton C ^a   Prescott, C A J ^a   Fagan, Johannes J ^a   Sinclair Smith, Colin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADENOID; ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; T CELL LYMPHOMA; TONSIL DISEASE; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADENOIDS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; INFANT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONSIL; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 34249801759     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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