Chronic sinusitis refractory to standard management in patients with humoral immunodeficiencies

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 468-472

  Buehring, I ^a   Friedrich, B ^a   Schaaf, J ^a   Schmidt, H ^a   Ahrens, P ^a   Zielen, S ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic sinusitis; Cytokines; Immunodeficiency; Inflammatory mediators; MRI scan

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; AZITHROMYCIN; BECLOMETASONE; EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INTERLEUKIN 8; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CHILD; CHRONIC SINUSITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ETHMOID SINUS; FEMALE; FRONTAL SINUS; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUS; NOSE SECRETION; NOSE SMEAR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANASAL SINUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030824536     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.1997.4831379.x     Document Type: Article

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