Adenoids in children: Advances in immunology, diagnosis, and surgery

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 346-352

  Brambilla, Ilaria ^a   Pusateri, Alessandro ^a   Pagella, Fabio ^a   Caimmi, Davide ^a,b   Caimmi, Silvia ^a   Licari, Amelia ^a   Barberi, Salvatore ^c   Castellazzi, Annamaria M ^a   Marseglia, Gian Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

adenoid hypertrophy; adenoidectomy; adenoiditis; adenoids; nasal endoscopy

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKE; GAMMA INTERFERON; SECRETORY IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADENOID; ADENOID HYPERTROPHY; ADENOIDECTOMY; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHOANA ATRESIA; ENDOSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGY; NOSE POLYP; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; RHINOSINUSITIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADENOID HYPERTROPHY; ADENOIDECTOMY; ADENOIDITIS; ADENOIDS; NASAL ENDOSCOPY;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADENOIDS; CHILD; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; NASOPHARYNGITIS; OTITIS MEDIA;

EID: 84896403605     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.22373     Document Type: Review

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