Aeroallergen hypersensitivity: Comparing patients with nasal polyps to those with allergic rhinitis

Allergy and Asthma Proceedings

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 109-112

  Van Lancker, Janine A ^a   Yarnold, Paul A ^a   Ditto, Anne M ^a   Tripathi, Anju ^a   Conley, David B ^a   Kern, Robert C ^a   Harris, Kathleen E ^a   Grammer, Leslie C ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ANTIGEN;

AEROALLERGEN HYPERSENSITIVITY; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; CAT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FEMALE; GRASS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MITE; NOSE POLYP; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT; PREVALENCE; RAGWEED; RANDOMIZATION; SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME; TREE;

AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGENS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; NASAL POLYPS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL;

EID: 20044376148     PISSN: 10885412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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