Lack of significant correlation between rhinosinusitis symptoms and specific regions of sinus computer tomography scans

American Journal of Rhinology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 382-387

  Holbrook, Eric H ^a,d   Brown, Christopher L ^c   Lyden, Elizabeth R ^b   Leopold, Donald A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ROYAL VICTORIAN EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ETHMOID SINUS; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINOSINUSITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 25144480935     PISSN: 10506586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/194589240501900411     Document Type: Article

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