Nasal obstruction is the key symptom in hay fever patients

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 429-435

  Ciprandi, Giorgio ^b,e   Cirillo, Ignazio ^a   Klersy, Catherine ^c   Marseglia, Gian Luigi ^d   Caimmi, Davide ^d   Vizzaccaro, Andrea ^a  

^a Ciprandi Ospedale San Martino

^b Cirillo and Vizzaccaro Ospedale Marina Militare   (United States)

^c Servizio di Biometria Ed Epidemiologia Clinica Direzione Scientifica   (Italy)

^d FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; METHACHOLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; NOSE AIRFLOW; NOSE MUCUS; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; POLLEN; RHINOMANOMETRY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPIROMETRY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHILS; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTERLEUKIN-5; INTERLEUKIN-8; MALE; NASAL LAVAGE FLUID; NASAL OBSTRUCTION; NEUTROPHILS; POLLEN; PYROGLYPHIDAE; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; RHINOMANOMETRY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN TESTS; SPIROMETRY; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 24344476980     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2005.05.049     Document Type: Article

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