Ultrasound as a treatment for chronic rhinosinusitis

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-17

  Bartley, Jim ^a   Young, Danuta ^a  

^a Counties Manukau District Health Board ^*  (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOFILM; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIATHERMY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUORUM SENSING; RHINOSINUSITIS; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 67349183985     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2008.12.049     Document Type: Article

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