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Tonsillitis (cont.)

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  1. Thuma P (2001). Pharyngitis and tonsillitis. In RA Hoekelman et al., eds., Primary Pediatric Care, 4th ed., pp. 1744–1747. St. Louis: Mosby.

  2. Cherry JD (2004). Pharyngitis (Pharyngitis, tonsillitis, tonsillopharyngitis, and nasopharyngitis). In RD Feigin et al., eds., Textbook of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 5th ed., vol.1, pp. 161–170. Philadelphia: Saunders.

  3. Van Staaij BK, et al. (2004). Effectiveness of adenotonsillectomy in children with mild symptoms of throat infections or adenotonsillar hypertrophy: Open, randomised control trial. BMJ, 329(7467): 651.

  4. Paradise JL, et al. (2002). Tonsillectomy and adenotonsillectomy for recurrent throat infection in moderately affected children. Pediatrics, 110(1): 7–15.

Other Works Consulted

  • Baum SG (2005). Adenovirus. In GL Mandell et al., eds., Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, 6th ed., vol. 2, pp. 1835–1841. Philadelphia: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone.

  • Georgalas C, et al. (2009). Recurrent throat infections (tonsillitis), search date March 2009. Online version of BMJ Clinical Evidence: http://www.clinicalevidence.com.

  • Simon HB (2006). Bacterial infections of the upper respiratory tract. In DC Dale, DD Federman, eds., ACP Medicine, section 7, chap. 19. New York: WebMD.

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