Radiologic imaging in the management of sinusitis

American Family Physician

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1882-1886

  Okuyemi, Kolawole S ^a   Tsue, Terance T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FRONTAL SINUSITIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MALE; NOSE MUCOSA; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; NOSE POLYP; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANASAL SINUS TUMOR; PATIENT REFERRAL; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SINUSITIS; SMOKING; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0037113501     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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