A superantigen hypothesis for the pathogenesis of chronic hyperplastic sinusitis with massive nasal polyposis

American Journal of Rhinology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 321-326

  Bernstein, Joel M ^a,b,d   Ballow, Mark ^a   Schliever, Patrick M ^c   Rich, Gary ^a   Allen, Cheryl ^a   Dryja, Diane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; ENTEROTOXIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN A; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN B; SUPERANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME TOXIN 1;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHRONIC SINUSITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EOSINOPHIL; EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FUNGUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NOSE MUCOSA; NOSE POLYP; PATHOGENESIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UPREGULATION;

EID: 1642463544     PISSN: 10506586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/194589240301700601     Document Type: Article

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