Chronic cough and tonsillar hypertrophy: A case series

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1147-1149

  Gurgel, Richard K ^a   Brookes, James T ^b   Weinberger, Miles M ^a   Smith, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic cough; Pediatric otolaryngology; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COUGHING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIGLOTTIS; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; PALATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONSIL; TONSIL DISEASE; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COUGH; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; PALATINE TONSIL; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 57349169476     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: 10990496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.20919     Document Type: Article

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