منابع مشابه
Heritability of recurrent tonsillitis.
OBJECTIVE To estimate the relative contribution of genetic and environmental effects on the variance in the liability of recurrent tonsillitis. DESIGN Retrospective questionnaire data from a population-based cohort. SETTING Population-based data from Norway. PARTICIPANTS A total of 9479 Norwegian twins born between January 1, 1967, and December 31, 1979, identified through the Medical Bir...
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UNLABELLED Recurrent tonsillitis has been the subject of frequent investigation. Misuse of antibiotic therapy in acute tonsillitis, changes to the tonsillar microflora, structural changes to the tonsillar crypts, and viral infections have been listed as predisposing or causal factors for recurrent tonsillitis. Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection usually occurs in early childhood and may persist ...
متن کاملSelection of indicators for tonsillectomy in adults with recurrent tonsillitis
BACKGROUND We aimed to find some new indicators for tonsillectomy (TE) in adults with recurrent tonsillitis (RT) by exploring whether the frequency of tonsillitis episodes and the length of morbidity period are associated with the macroscopic signs of sclerotic process in tonsils and microbiological data assessed by culture, molecular (PCR) and transmission electron microscopy (EM) methods. M...
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متن کاملTonsillar hyperplasia and recurrent tonsillitis: clinical-histological correlation.
UNLABELLED Hypertrophy and recurrent tonsillitis are common indications of tonsillectomy. However, the pathological reports are similar, regardless of clinical aspects. OBJECTIVE Search for histopathological changes that differentiate palatine tonsils operated because of hypertrophy vis-à-vis those operated because of recurrent tonsillitis. METHOD A prospective cross-sectional descriptive s...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0886-4470
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.131.5.383