A tender sinus does not always mean rhinosinusitis

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 387-397

  Naranch, K ^b   Park, Y J ^b   Repka Ramirez, M S ^b   Velarde, A ^b   Clauw, D ^b   Baraniuk, J N ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESSURE SENSE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINOSINUSITIS; SKIN TEST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ACUTE DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PARANASAL SINUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERENNIAL RHINITIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; TOUCH;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PARANASAL SINUSES; PRESSURE; RHINITIS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; SINUSITIS; TOUCH;

EID: 0036831602     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhn.2002.129038     Document Type: Article

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