Etiology of chronic rhinosinusitis: The role of fungus

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 113, Issue 5 II, 2004, Pages 27-31

  Hamilos, Daniel L ^a,b   Lund, Valerie J ^a,c  

^a Massachusetts General Hospital ^*

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic rhinosinusitis; Cytokine; Eosinophilic rhinosinusitis; Fungus; Interleukin 5; T cell sensitization

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 5; FUNGUS ANTIGEN;

ALLERGIC FUNGAL RHINOSINUSITIS; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ASPERGILLUS; CHRONIC SINUSITIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CURVULARIA; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DEGRANULATION; EOSINOPHIL; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INFECTION; MYCOSIS; NOSE POLYP; POLLUTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOSINUSITIS; RISK FACTOR; TH2 CELL; ANIMAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; EOSINOPHILIA; IMMUNOLOGY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; REVIEW; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; EOSINOPHILIA; HUMANS; MYCOSES; PREVALENCE; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 2442609664     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00034894041130s508     Document Type: Conference Paper

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