Treatment of allergic fungal sinusitis with high-dose intraconazole

American Journal of Rhinology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-8

  Rains III, B Manrin ^a   Mineck, Corey W ^b  

^a Mid South Sinus Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CORTICOSTEROID; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; ITRACONAZOLE; MUCIN; PREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ATOPY; CHILD; CLADOSPORIUM; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURVULARIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG USE; EDEMA; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EOSINOPHIL; EXPERIENCE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUSARIUM; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAISE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MYCOSIS; NAUSEA; NOSE POLYP; NOSE SURGERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PENICILLIUM; RADIOGRAPHY; RASH; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SINUSITIS; STAINING;

EID: 0037237931     PISSN: 10506586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/194589240301700101     Document Type: Article

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