Conventional sinus radiography compared with CT in the diagnosis of acute sinusitis

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 60-62

  Aalokken T M ^b   Hagtvedt, T ^a   Dalen, I ^a   Kolbenstvedt, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Paranasal sinus diseases; Radiography; Sinusitis; Tomography, X ray computed

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ETHMOID SINUS; FEMALE; FRONTAL SINUS; HUMAN; MALE; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINUSITIS; SPHENOID SINUS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; MAXILLA SINUSITIS; MIDDLE AGED; PARANASAL SINUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUSITIS; MIDDLE AGED; PARANASAL SINUSES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINUSITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037830152     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/dmfr/65139094     Document Type: Article

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