Nasal polyps in patients with rhinitis and asthma

Allergy and Asthma Proceedings

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 169-174

  Grigoreas, Christos ^a,b   Vourdas, Dimitrios ^a   Petalas, Konstantinos ^a   Simeonidis, Georgios ^a   Demeroutis, Ioannis ^a   Tsioulos, Theodoros ^a  

^a IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE POLYP; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RHINITIS; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL POLYPS; PREVALENCE; RHINITIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0036562420     PISSN: 10885412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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