Chronic sinusitis with nasal polyps: Staphylococcal exotoxin immunoglobulin E and cellular inflammation

American Journal of Rhinology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 273-278

  Conley, David B ^a   Tripathi, Anju ^a   Ditto, Anne M ^a   Reid, Kathryn ^a   Grammer, Leslie C ^a   Kern, Robert C ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PREDNISONE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EXOTOXIN A; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EXOTOXIN B; STAPHYLOCOCCUS TOXIN; SUPERANTIGEN; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME TOXIN 1; TOXIN ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHRONIC SINUSITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHILIA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NOSE MUCOSA; NOSE POLYP; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGIST; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 10244229046     PISSN: 10506586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/194589240401800503     Document Type: Article

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