Treatment of bilateral nasal polyposis and chronic refractory inhalant allergic rhinitis in a chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 215-219

  Dumonceaux, Genevieve A ^a,f   Lamberski, Nadine ^b   Clutter, Donald ^c   Nagy Jr , Stephen M ^d   Burek, Kathy ^e   Phillips, Lyndsay G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Riverbanks Zoo and Garden   (United States)

^c Sacramento Ear Nose Throat Surg M   (United States)

^d Midtown Allergy Clinic   (United States)

^e Alaska Veterinary Pathology Services   (United States)

^f Busch Gardens Tampa Bay   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorescent allergosorbent test; Immunotherapy; Pan troglodytes; Polyposis

Indexed keywords

ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; LORATADINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DESENSITIZATION; ENDOSCOPY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; NOSE POLYP; PAN TROGLODYTES; PERENNIAL RHINITIS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ALLERGIC AGENTS; DESENSITIZATION, IMMUNOLOGIC; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOSORBENT TECHNIQUES; LORATADINE; NASAL POLYPS; PAN TROGLODYTES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL;

EID: 0031157762     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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