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[Juvenile tonsillectomy and leukemia].

J Matzker·H P Klasen
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Among 305 children with leukemia, between one and fourteen years old, authors found 8 and in a comparative group ("individual matched pairs") 40 children with removed tonsils. The difference (2.62% tonsillectomized children in the leukemia-group, 13.11% in the comparative group) is highly significant. The frequency of tonsillectomy in childhood in Germany corresponds to the percentage of 13.11%. It has to be discussed, if there exists a causality between the state of the tonsils and the frequency of leukemia in childhood. The authors suggest further investigations of this highly interesting subject.

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AdenoidsAdolescentChildChild, PreschoolHerpesvirus 4, HumanHumansInfantInfectious MononucleosisLeukemiaPalatine TonsilRetrospective StudiesTonsillectomyEnglish AbstractJournal Article

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J Matzker, H P Klasen. 1975. [Juvenile tonsillectomy and leukemia].. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/173947/

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