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Tonsil surgery efficiently relieves symptoms: analysis of 54 696 patients in the National Tonsil Surgery Register in Sweden

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Pages 533-539 | Received 05 Jul 2011, Accepted 25 Sep 2011, Published online: 11 Jan 2012

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