Chronic tonsillitis can be diagnosed with histopathologic findings

European Journal of General Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 95-103

  Uǧraş, Serdar ^a,b   Kutluhan, Ahmet ^a  

^a ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Department of Otorhinolaryngology ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chronic tonsillitis; Diagnosis; Palatine tonsil; Pathology; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC ADENOTONSILLAR HYPERTROPHY; CHRONIC TONSILLITIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; LYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALATINE TONSIL; PALATINE TONSILLECTOMY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TONSIL DISEASE;

EID: 55849093909     PISSN: 13043889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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