Tonsillectomy: Variation in practice reflecting regional variation in disease presentation

Clinical Otolaryngology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 522-524

  Wasson, J D ^a   Prinsley, P R ^a  

^a JAMES PAGET UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUINSY; TONSIL DISEASE; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS;

GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 80055052660     PISSN: 17494478     EISSN: 17494486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-4486.2011.02390.x     Document Type: Letter

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