Adenotonsillectomy or watchful waiting in patients with mild to moderate symptoms of throat infections or adenotonsillar hypertrophy: a randomized comparison of costs and effects.

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Published in Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg on November 01, 2007

Authors

Erik Buskens1, Birgit van Staaij, Jet van den Akker, Arno W Hoes, Anne G M Schilder

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands. e.buskens@epi.umcg.nl

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