[Tonsillar pathology. The current state of the problem].

Autor: Aref'eva NA
Jazyk: ruština
Zdroj: Vestnik otorinolaringologii [Vestn Otorinolaringol] 2012 (6), pp. 10-3.
Abstrakt: The objective of the present study was to substantiate the indications for the surgical and medicamental treatment of chronic tonsillitis based on the results of evaluation of the function of palatine tonsils under normal and pathological conditions. Special attention is given to various aspects of pathogenesis of recurring diseases of the upper respiratory tract elucidated from the changes of local immune responses of mucous membranes to persistent viral infection involving lymphocytes of the palatine tonsils. A method for the rehabilitation of the patients presenting with chronic tonsillitis with the use of intravenous administration of immunoglobulin preparations is proposed.
Databáze: MEDLINE