Treatment of chronic rhinosinusitis with high-dose oral terbinafine: A double blind, placebo-controlled study

Laryngoscope

Volumn 115, Issue 10 I, 2005, Pages 1793-1799

  Kennedy, David W ^a,g   Kuhn, F A ^b   Hamilos, D L ^c   Zinreich, S J ^d   Butler, D ^e   Warsi, G ^f   Poster, P J ^f   Tavakkol, A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Georgia Nasal and Sinus Institute   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Chronic rhinosinusitis; Lacrimal; Oral terbinafine

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; TERBINAFINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC RHINOSINUSITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FUNGAL EXAMINATION; FUNGUS CULTURE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION; INJURY; LIVER TOXICITY; LUND MACKAY SCORING SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NOSE SECRETION; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RHINOSINUSITIS; RHINOSINUSITIS DISABILITY INDEX; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN DISEASE; VASCULAR DISEASE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; NAPHTHALENES; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS;

EID: 26944431555     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlg.0000175683.81260.26     Document Type: Article

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