Anatomical Variations of Nasal Turbinates

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1678-1682

  Ozcan, K Murat ^a   Selcuk, Adin ^a   Özcan, Ibrahim ^a   Akdogan, Ozgur ^a   Dere, Huseyin ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Nasal cavity; Turbinate; Variations

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOSAL DISEASE; PARANASAL SINUS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOSINUSITIS; TURBINATE; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE DISEASES; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TURBINATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63249133828     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e318188a29d     Document Type: Article

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