Tonsillectomy as a co-factor in the development of AIDS.

Abstract:

:Hypotheses regarding the factors that predispose individuals to developing AIDS after exposure to HTLV-III/LAV are beginning to emerge. It is suggested here that surgical removal of tonsils in childhood may increase the risk of developing opportunistic infections after infection with this newly discovered retrovirus.

journal_name

Med Hypotheses

journal_title

Medical hypotheses

authors

McCombie SC

doi

10.1016/0306-9877(86)90076-9

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1986-03-01 00:00:00

pages

291-3

issue

3

eissn

0306-9877

issn

1532-2777

pii

0306-9877(86)90076-9

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19

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