"Paranasal Sinuses" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Air-filled spaces located within the bones around the NASAL CAVITY. They are extensions of the nasal cavity and lined by the ciliated NASAL MUCOSA. Each sinus is named for the cranial bone in which it is located, such as the ETHMOID SINUS; the FRONTAL SINUS; the MAXILLARY SINUS; and the SPHENOID SINUS.
| Descriptor ID |
D010256
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A04.531.621
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| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Paranasal Sinuses" by people in Profiles.
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Relation between age and head and neck cancer recurrence after surgery: a multivariate analysis. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1995 Sep; 113(3):197-203.