Otitis media and tonsils - Role of adenoidectomy in the treatment of chronic otitis media with effusion

Advances in Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 72, Issue , 2011, Pages 160-163

  Park, Keehyun ^a  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOID; ADENOIDECTOMY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PALATINE TONSIL; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; TONSILLECTOMY;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADENOIDS; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; PALATINE TONSIL; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 80052467085     PISSN: 00653071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000324781     Document Type: Conference Paper

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