Quality of life after tonsillectomy in children with recurrent tonsillitis

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 138, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Goldstein, Nira A ^a   Stewart, Michael G ^b   Witsell, David L ^c,d   Hannley, Maureen T ^d   Weaver, Edward M ^e   Yueh, Bevan ^e   Smith, Timothy L ^f   Orvidas, Laura J ^g  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d American Academy of Otolaryngology   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC TONSILLITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HALITOSIS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SORE THROAT; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENCE; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 37349114130     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2006.12.029     Document Type: Article

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