Indications for tonsillectomy in children aged under 16 years in ENT Department of Sestre milosrdnice Clinical Hospital;Indikacije za tonzilektomiju u djece do 16 godina u klinici za otorinolaringologiju i kirurgiju glave i vrata kb »sestre milosrdnice«

Lijecnicki Vjesnik

Volumn 130, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 201-204

  Stevanović, Siniša ^a,d   Aras, Ivana ^b   Baudoin, Tomislav ^c   Drviš, Petar ^c  

^a ORL Odjel OB Virovitica ^*

^b Poliklinika SUVAG   (Croatia)

^c SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

^d ORL Odjel OB Virovitica   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Tonsil pathology, surgery; Tonsillectomy statistics and numerical data; Tonsillitis surgery

Indexed keywords

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 53949121584     PISSN: 00243477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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