Anatomical variations of the paranasal sinuses in Polynesian and New Zealand European computerized tomography scans

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 216-221

  Keast, Allan ^a   Yelavich, Sofie ^a   Dawes, Patrick ^a   Lyons, Brett ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b DUNEDIN HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ETHMOID SINUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; NORMAL HUMAN; PARANASAL SINUS; POLYNESIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PARANASAL SINUSES; POLYNESIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 47549100355     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2008.05.014     Document Type: Article

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