Diagnosis and treatment of nasal polyps

British Medical Journal

Volumn 311, Issue 7017, 1995, Pages 1411-1414

  Lund, Valerie J ^a,b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Rhinology ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; DEXAMETHASONE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NOSE POLYP; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; HUMANS; NASAL POLYPS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTURE; PREVALENCE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0028818781     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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