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Management of acute sinusitis in children: an umbrella review Cover

Management of acute sinusitis in children: an umbrella review

Romanian Journal of Rhinology
Volume 15 (2025): Issue 59 (July 2025)
By: Juan Antonio Lugo Machado,  Diana Isabel Espinoza Morales and  Araceli Zazueta Cardenas  
Open Access
|Aug 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rjr-2025-0016 | Journal eISSN: 2393-3356 | Journal ISSN: 2069-6523
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Language: English
Page range: 95 - 110
Submitted on: May 25, 2025
Accepted on: Jun 18, 2025
Published on: Aug 12, 2025
Published by: Romanian Rhinologic Society
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
sinusitis,
child,
disease management,
therapeutics
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Clinical medicine, other,
Surgery,
Surgery, other,
Otorhinolaryngology,
Speech, voice and paediatric hearing disorders,
Oromaxillofacial surgery

© 2025 Juan Antonio Lugo Machado, Diana Isabel Espinoza Morales, Araceli Zazueta Cardenas, published by Romanian Rhinologic Society
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