Chinook wind barosinusitis: An anatomic evaluation

American Journal of Rhinology and Allergy

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Rudmik, Luke ^a   Muzychuk, Adam ^a   Paolucci, Elizabeth Oddone ^a   Mechor, Brad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aerosinusitis; Anatomy; Barosinusitis; Chinook; Computed tomography; Facial pain; Fohn; Pressure; Wind

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BAROSINUSITIS; CELL TYPE; CHINOOK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONCHA BULLOSA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHMOID SINUS; FACE PAIN; FRONTAL SINUS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAXILLARY SINUS; NOSE MALFORMATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SINUSITIS; SPHENOETHMOIDAL CELL; SPHENOID SINUS; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAXILLARY SINUS; ORGAN SIZE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPHENOID SINUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TURBINATES; WIND;

EID: 76149091515     PISSN: 19458924     EISSN: 19458932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/ajra.2009.23.3405     Document Type: Article

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