American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 32, Issue 2 , Pages 165-167 , March 2011

Conservative management of transnasal intracranial injury

  • Weiliang Bai, PhD, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Shengjing Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Shengjing Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang 110004, China. Tel.: +86 24 83955152; fax: +86 24 83955092.
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  • Chunbo Shao, PhD, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • ,
  • Wenyue Sun, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • ,
  • Patrick K. Ha, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • Johns Hopkins Head and Neck Surgery at GBMC, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA
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  • Joseph A. Califano, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • Johns Hopkins Head and Neck Surgery at GBMC, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • ,
  • Zhiwei Cao, PhD, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Shengjing Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, China

Received 11 October 2009

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doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2009.11.005

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 32, Issue 2 , Pages 165-167 , March 2011

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