Acoustic rhinometry in the study of the acute nasal allergic response

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 105, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 811-818

  Zweiman, Burton ^a   Doty, Richard ^a   Lane, Andrew P ^a   Lanza, Donald C ^a   Dhong, Hun Jun ^a   Swift, David ^b   Kennedy, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

acoustic rhinometry; nasal allergy; nasal patency; nasal provocation

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRASS POLLEN; HUMAN; NOSE ALLERGY; NOSE CAVITY; NOSE CONGESTION; NOSE MUCOSA; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; PRURITUS; RHINORRHEA; SNEEZING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 10244267517     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348949610501009     Document Type: Article

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