Allergie fungal rhinosinusitis: Report of 4 cases from Saudi Arabia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 581-584

  Fadl, Fadl A ^a,b   Hassan, Khalid M ^a   Faizuddin, Mohamed ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING FAHAD SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Allergic fungal rhinosinusitis; Paranasal sinuses aspergillosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ITRACONAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PERENNIAL RHINITIS; SAUDI ARABIA; SINUSITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BIOPSY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITRACONAZOLE; MALE; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SINUSITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034208981     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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