Chronic Rhinosinusitis: Is the Nose Really Involved?

American Journal of Rhinology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 169-173

  Bhattacharyya, Neil ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Division of Otolaryngology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOSA; NOSE MUCOSA; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS;

ADULT; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; NASAL MUCOSA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS;

EID: 0035349147     PISSN: 10506586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/105065801779954184     Document Type: Article

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