Sphenoid Sinusitis: A Review of 30 Cases

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 309, Issue 19, 1983, Pages 1149-1154

  Lew, Daniel ^a   Southwick, Frederick S ^a   Montgomery, William W ^a   Weber, Alfred L ^a   Baker, Ann S ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CAVERNOUS SINUS THROMBOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0021066679     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198311103091904     Document Type: Article

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