The histopathology of the hypertrophic inferior turbinate

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 588-594

  Berger, Gilead ^a,b   Gass, Svetlana ^a   Ophir, Dov ^a,b  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DECONGESTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERIOR TURBINATE HYPERTROPHY; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LAMINA PROPRIA; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MUCUS GLAND; NOSE DISEASE; NOSE SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SINUS VENOSUS; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL MUCOSA; NASAL OBSTRUCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TURBINATES;

EID: 33745258659     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 08864470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.132.6.588     Document Type: Article

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