Revisiting the interpretation of positive sinus CT findings: A radiological and symptom-based review

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 306-311

  Wittkopf, Maria L ^a   Beddow, Peter A ^a   Russell, Paul T ^a   Duncavage, James A ^a   Becker, Samuel S ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC SINUSITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL SINUS; HUMAN; MALE; MAXILLA; SCORING SYSTEM; SPHENOID SINUS;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARANASAL SINUSES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINUSITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 60549106028     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2008.12.007     Document Type: Article

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