Narrow-band red light phototherapy in perennial allergic rhinitis and nasal polyposis

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 399-406

  Neuman, Ittai ^a   Finkelstein, Yehuda ^b,c  

^a HASHARON HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE MUCOSA; NOSE POLYP; PERENNIAL RHINITIS; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0030981407     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)63202-4     Document Type: Article

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