Anatomic risk factors for sinus disease: Fact or fiction?

American Journal of Rhinology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 334-339

  Caughey, Robert J ^a   Jameson, Mark J ^a   Gross, Charlie W ^a   Han, Joseph K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHMOID SINUS; FEMALE; FRONTAL SINUS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUS; NOSE CAVITY; NOSE MUCOSA; NOSE SEPTUM; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 25144498640     PISSN: 10506586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/194589240501900402     Document Type: Review

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