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. 2018 Jun;56(2):129-131.
doi: 10.5152/tao.2018.3352. Epub 2018 Jun 1.

Is Adenoidectomy Preventable?

Giorgio Ciprandi  1 , Ignazio La Mantia  2 , Attilio Varricchio  3
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Is Adenoidectomy Preventable?

Giorgio Ciprandi et al. Turk Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2018 Jun.
No abstract available

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Conflict of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare

Figures

Figure 1. a–c
Figure 1. a–c
Percentage of children requiring surgery after treatment period in Group A (dark grey) and in Group B (light grey) (a), Percentage of adenoid size scores in Group A and control (b), Percentage of tympanogram scores in Group A and in Group B (c)
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