Nasal and paranasal sinus changes after radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 532-535

  Kamel, Reda ^a   Al Badawy, Samy ^a   Khairy, Akram ^b   Kandil, Tarek ^a   Sabry, Aly ^c  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c Ahmed Maher Hospital   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; CT; Endoscopy; Mucociliary clearance; Nasopharynx; Rhinitis; Sinusitis

Indexed keywords

SACCHARIN;

ADHESION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; ENDOSCOPY; ETHMOID SINUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUS; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PARANASAL SINUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOSINUSITIS; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA; CHILD; EDEMA; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOCILIARY CLEARANCE; NASAL MUCOSA; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PARANASAL SINUSES; RADIATION INJURIES; RHINITIS; SACCHARIN; SINUSITIS;

EID: 2942719103     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480410018106     Document Type: Conference Paper

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