Markers of increased aeration in the paranasal sinuses and along the skull base: Association between anatomic variants

American Journal of Rhinology and Allergy

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 477-482

  Rereddy, Shruthi K ^a   Johnson, David M ^a   Wise, Sarah K ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AERATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ETHMOID SINUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTIC NERVE; PARANASAL SINUS; SKULL BASE; TURBINATE; AIR; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CAROTID ARTERY; ENDOSCOPY; METABOLISM; OBSERVER VARIATION; PTERYGOPALATINE FOSSA; RADIOGRAPHY; SURGERY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AIR; BIOMARKERS; CAROTID ARTERIES; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; OPTIC NERVE; PARANASAL SINUSES; PTERYGOPALATINE FOSSA; SKULL BASE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84918583475     PISSN: 19458924     EISSN: 19458932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/ajra.2014.28.4086     Document Type: Article

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