INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY, cilt.74, sa.5, ss.535-539, 2010 (SCI-Expanded)
Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the status of matrix metalloproteinases (MMP-2, MMP-7, MMP-9) and tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinase-1 (TIMP-1) clue to dysregulated turnover of connective tissue matrices in children with recurrent tonsillitis (RT).