Involvement of minor salivary glands in the pathogenesis of peritonsillar abscess

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (United States)

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 472-474

  El Saied, Sabri ^a   Puterman, Marc ^a   Kaplan, Daniel M ^a   Cohen Lahav, Merav ^a   Joshua, Ben Zion ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

amylase; minor salivary glands; peritonsillar abscess; Weber's glands

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MINOR SALIVA GLAND; NECK ABSCESS; PALATINE TONSIL; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUS; RECURRENT DISEASE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ABSCESS; AMYLASES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; NECK; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; SALIVARY GLANDS, MINOR; SUPPURATION;

EID: 84870406192     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599812445552     Document Type: Article

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