Usefulness of patient symptoms and nasal endoscopy in the diagnosis of chronic sinusitis

American Journal of Rhinology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 167-171

  Rosbe, Kristina W ^a   Jones, Kim R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; NOSE; NOSE CAVITY; NOSE DISEASE; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; NOSE POLYP; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINUSITIS;

CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDOSCOPY; FACIAL PAIN; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; NASAL CAVITY; NASAL OBSTRUCTION; NASAL POLYPS; NOSE; NOSE DISEASES; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINUSITIS; SUPPURATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032059460     PISSN: 10506586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/105065898781390208     Document Type: Article

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