Brief report: A red streak in the lateral recess of the oropharynx predicts acute sinusitis

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 986-988

  Thomas, Colin ^a,c   Aizin, Vitali ^b  

^a Section of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Physical examination; Sensitivity; Signs; Sinusitis; Specificity; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ACUTE SINUSITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COLOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OROPHARYNX; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OROPHARYNX; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SINUSITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRANSILLUMINATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746486115     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02743149     Document Type: Article

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