Quantitative Analysis of Fungal DNA in Chronic Rhinosinusitis

Laryngoscope

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 467-471

  Scheuller, Michael C ^a   Murr, Andrew H ^a   Goldberg, Andrew N ^a   Mhatre, Anand N ^a   Lalwani, Anil K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic sinusitis; Fungus; Polymerase chain reaction; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC RHINITIS; CHRONIC SINUSITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; GUY MARKS ASTHMA QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MEDICAL OUTCOMES SHORT FORM 36 SURVEY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SINONASAL OUTCOMES TEST;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DNA, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MYCOSES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 1642361239     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200403000-00015     Document Type: Article

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