Treatment of nasal polyposis and chronic rhinosinusitis with fluticasone propionate nasal drops reduces need for sinus surgery

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1017-1023

  Aukema, Albertien A C ^a   Mulder, Paul G H ^a   Fokkens, Wytske J ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adult; Computed tomography; Fluticasone propionate; Local; Nasal polyps; Nasules; Rhinosinusitis; Sinus surgery; Steroid; Treatment

Indexed keywords

FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE; NASULES; NOSE DROPS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; NOSE POLYP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHINORRHEA; RHINOSINUSITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SMELLING DISORDER; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 18144394324     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2004.12.1144     Document Type: Article

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