Significance of eosinophilia in chronic rhinosinusitis

American Journal of Rhinology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 313-317

  Zadeh, Mani H ^a   Banthia, Vishal ^a   Anand, Vijay K ^a   Huang, Clark ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE INFECTION; NOSE POLYP; NOSE SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE RISK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHINOSINUSITIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 0036870612     PISSN: 10506586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/194589240201600606     Document Type: Article

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