Research ArticleEvidence-Based Clinical Medicine

Current Indications for Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy

David A. Randall
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2020, 33 (6) 1025-1030; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2020.06.200038

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