Physiotherapy for chronic rhinosinusitis: The use of continuous ultrasound

International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 306-310

  Ansari, Noureddin Nakhostin ^a   Naghdi, Soofia ^a   Farhadi, Mohammad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Chronic rhinosinusitis; Continuous ultrasound; Physiotherapy; Treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 63249112169     PISSN: 17411645     EISSN: 1759779X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/ijtr.2007.14.7.23837     Document Type: Article

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