Chronic inferior turbinate enlargement and the implications for surgical intervention

Rhinology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 234-238

  Farmer, S E J ^a   Eccles, R ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone; Mucosa; Surgery; Turbinate enlargement; Turbinate hypertrophy

Indexed keywords

DECONGESTIVE AGENT;

CELL HYPERPLASIA; CHRONIC RHINITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG RESPONSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; NASAL BIOPSY; NOSE DISEASE; NOSE EDEMA; NOSE MALFORMATION; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; NOSE SURGERY; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RHINOMETRY; TURBINATE ENLARGEMENT;

CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; NASAL MUCOSA; NASAL OBSTRUCTION; NASAL SEPTUM; TURBINATES;

EID: 33845928959     PISSN: 03000729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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