Are recurrent and chronic tonsillitis different entities? An immunological study with specific markers of inflammatory stages.

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It seems that there are clinical differences between tonsillitis in children and adults. In order to verify whether such a supposed clinical subdivision be true, tonsillar mononuclear cells from 20 children operated on for recurrent tonsillitis caused by a common flora and 20 adult patients with an indication for surgery for chronic tonsillitis were studied by means of monoclonal antibodies (MoAbs) specific for...

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