Sinusitis of the Maxillary Antrum

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 293, Issue 15, 1975, Pages 735-739

  Evans, Frank O ^a   Sydnor, J Brantley ^a   Moore, W E C ^a   Moore, George R ^a   Manwaring, J Laurence ^a   Brill, Alan H ^a   Jackson, Robert T ^a   Hanna, Stevan ^a   Skaar, Joy S ^a   Holdeman, Lillian V ^a   Fitz Hugh, G Slaughter ^a   Sande, Merle A ^a   Gwaltney, Jack M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; DIAGNOSIS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; LEUKOCYTE; MAXILLA SINUSITIS; MICROORGANISM; RHINOVIRUS; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THERAPY;

EID: 0016742663     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM197510092931502     Document Type: Article

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