Surgical outcomes and histology findings after tonsillectomy in children with periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis, and cervical adenitis syndrome

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 472-475

  Peridis, Stamatios ^a   Koudoumnakis, Emmanouel ^a   Theodoridis, Anastasios ^a   Stefanaki, Kalliopi ^a   Helmis, George ^a   Houlakis, Michael ^a  

^a AGHIA SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOIDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC TONSILLITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PFAPA SYNDROME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TONSILLECTOMY;

ADENOIDECTOMY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; PALATINE TONSIL; PERIODICITY; PHARYNGITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMATITIS, APHTHOUS; SYNDROME; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78049464863     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2009.06.005     Document Type: Article

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