Devastating complications of acute pediatric bacterial sinusitis

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 575-579

  Broberg, Todd ^a   Murr, Andrew ^a,c   Fischbbn, Nancy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASE; SINUSITIS;

EID: 0032943814     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/hn.1999.v120.a84893     Document Type: Article

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