Familial aggregation of sinonasal polyps correlates with severity of disease

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 601-604

  Cohen, Noam A ^a,b,d   Widelitz, Jeffrey S ^c   Chiu, Alexander G ^a,b   Palmer, James N ^a,b   Kennedy, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC RHINITIS; CHRONIC SINUSITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; NOSE POLYP; RHINOSINUSITIS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NASAL POLYPS; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASES; POLYPS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33645278974     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2005.11.042     Document Type: Article

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