Diagnosing rhinitis: Allergic vs. nonallergic

American Family Physician

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1583-1590

  Quillen, David M ^a   Feller, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY TEST; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; RHINOSINUSITIS; SKIN TEST; VASOMOTOR RHINITIS; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; RHINITIS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 33744499162     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 0002838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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