Morphometric examination of the paranasal sinuses and mastoid air cells using computed tomography

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 41-45

  Karaskas, Sacide ^a,b   Kavakli, Ahmet ^a,b  

^a ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRONTAL SINUS; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTOID; MAXILLARY SINUS; MORPHOMETRICS; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPHENOID SINUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPORAL BONE;

EID: 15544379690     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2005.41     Document Type: Article

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