The historical use of radiotherapy in the treatment of sinus infections

Dose-Response

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 469-479

  Calabrese, Edward J ^a   Dhawan, Gaurav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose response; History of medicine; Inflammation; Radiotherapy; Sinusitis; X rays

Indexed keywords

ACUTE SINUSITIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC SINUSITIS; DISEASE COURSE; FRONTAL SINUSITIS; HUMAN; MACROPHAGE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NONHUMAN; NOSE POLYP; PARANASAL SINUSITIS; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; SINUSITIS; TISSUE REPAIR;

EID: 84882264238     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15593258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2203/dose-response.13-004.Calabrese     Document Type: Article

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