Diagnostic significance of impression cytology in allergic rhinoconjunctivitis

American Journal of Rhinology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 31-35

  Capci, Tank ^a   Gürdal, Canan ^b   Onmu, Hale ^b   Gökdemir, Ozean ^b   Özkurt, Yelda ^b   Cengör, Tomris ^b   Akbulut, Ugur Günter ^b  

^a PTT Hospital   (Turkey)

^b SSK Goztepe Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA; CYTODIAGNOSIS; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE MUCOSA; PATHOLOGY; PERENNIAL RHINITIS; PILOT STUDY; STAINING; TURBINATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; CYTODIAGNOSIS; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL MUCOSA; PILOT PROJECTS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; STAINING AND LABELING; TURBINATES;

EID: 0032620048     PISSN: 10506586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/105065899781389876     Document Type: Article

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