The importance of side difference in nasal obstruction and rhinomanometry: A retrospective correlation of symptoms and rhinomanometry in 1000 patients

Clinical Otolaryngology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-22

  Thulesius, H L ^a   Cervin, A ^b   Jessen, M ^a  

^a CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE AIRFLOW; NOSE AIRWAY RESISTANCE; NOSE CAVITY; NOSE MUCOSA; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHINOMANOMETRY; SCHOOL CHILD; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; CHILD; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL OBSTRUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINOMANOMETRY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858763461     PISSN: 17494478     EISSN: 17494486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-4486.2011.02420.x     Document Type: Article

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