Determinants for the course of acute sinusitis in adult general practice patients

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 914, 2001, Pages 778-782

  Stalman, W A B ^a   Van Essen, G A ^a   Van der Graaf, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute sinusitis; Family practice

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; COUGHING; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; EMOTION; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINUSITIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FACIAL PAIN; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; SINUSITIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035196106     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pmj.77.914.778     Document Type: Article

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