Rhinosinusitis Task Force symptoms versus the Sinonasal Outcomes Test in patients evaluated for chronic rhinosinusitis

American Journal of Rhinology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 495-498

  Ling, Francis T K ^a   Kountakis, Stilianos E ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic rhinosinusitis; Rhinosinusitis diagnosis; Rhinosinusitis outcomes; Rhinosinusitis Task Force; Sinus surgery; SNOT 20; Symptom scores

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COUGHING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACE PAIN; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HALITOSIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; OTALGIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESSURE; RHINOSINUSITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SMELLING; TOOTH PAIN; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS;

EID: 34548459425     PISSN: 10506586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/ajr.2007.21.3052     Document Type: Article

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