Eosinophilia in nasal polyposis: Its objective quantification and clinical relevance

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 65-70

  Gerstner, Andreas O H ^a   Gutsche, M ^b   Bucheler M ^a   Machlitt, J ^b   Emmrich, F ^b   Sommerer, F ^b   Tarnok A ^b   Bootz, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergy; Comparative study; Laser scanning cytometry (LSC); Nasal polyposis; Semi automated quantification

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; DNA; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHILIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMOBILIZED CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER SCANNING CYTOMETRY; MICROSCOPE; NOSE POLYP; PARANASAL SINUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCORING SYSTEM; STAINING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EOSINOPHILIA; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NASAL POLYPS; RECURRENCE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0842291817     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2004.01842.x     Document Type: Article

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