The etiologic role of the osteo-meatal complex in the pathogenesis of sinusitis: A retrospective study of clinical, CT and endoscopic findings in 143 patients

Journal Medical Libanais

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 329-332

  Hamdan, Abdel Latif ^a   Ahmad, Hussein ^b   Younes, Abbas ^b   Hadi, Usamah ^b   Fuleihan, Nabil ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b c/o American University of Beirut ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; FRONTAL SINUSITIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXILLA SINUSITIS; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; NOSE POLYP; NOSE SEPTUM; OSTEOMEATAL COMPLEX DISEASE; PARANASAL SINUS; PARANASAL SINUSITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHINORRHEA; SINUSITIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0344642989     PISSN: 00239852     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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