Computed tomography scans in the evaluation of patients with olfactory dysfunction

American Journal of Rhinology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 109-112

  Mueller, Christian ^a   Temmel, Andreas F P ^a   Toth, Josef ^a   Quint, Christian ^a   Herneth, Andreas ^a   Hummel, Thomas ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DRESDEN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG COST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NOSE DISEASE; PARANASAL SINUS; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMELLING DISORDER; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLFACTION DISORDERS; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASES; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SMELL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33645219473     PISSN: 10506586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0260210505006819     Document Type: Article

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