Laser surgery of the inferior turbinate for allergic rhinitis with seasonal exacerbation: An acoustic rhinometry study

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 455-460

  Takeno, Sachio ^a   Osada, Rika ^b   Ishino, Takashi ^b   Yajin, Koji ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acoustic rhinometry; Allergic rhinitis; Carbon dioxide laser surgery; Cedar pollinosis; House dust mite; Nasal symptom score

Indexed keywords

HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; POLLEN ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DEVICE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FACIAL BONE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE CAVITY; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHINOMETRY; RHINORRHEA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNEEZING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0038514089     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940311200513     Document Type: Article

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