Rhinosinusitis and asthma: Epiphenomenon or causal association?

Chest

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 550-556

  De Benedictis, Fernando M ^a,c   Bush, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c POLICLINICO MONTELUCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECONGESTIVE AGENT; HISTAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; LEUKOTRIENE; PROSTAGLANDIN D2; STEROID;

ALGORITHM; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ASTHMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINUSITIS;

EID: 0032909943     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.115.2.550     Document Type: Article

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