Acute sinusitis - To treat or not to treat?

JAMA

Volumn 298, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 2543-2544

  Lindbaek, Morten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BUDESONIDE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ACUTE SINUSITIS; BRONCHITIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; EDITORIAL; FACTORIAL DESIGN; GENERAL PRACTICE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; MORAXELLA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SORE THROAT; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UNITED STATES; X RAY;

EID: 36849066333     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.298.21.2543     Document Type: Editorial

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