Visual loss in a child due to allergic fungal sinusitis of the sphenoid

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 328-329

  Herrmann, Brian W ^a   White, Frances V ^b   Forsen Jr , James W ^a  

^a Washington University School Medicine   (United States)

^b Pathology and Immunology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; STEROID;

ALLERGIC FUNGUS SINUSITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MYCOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SINUSITIS; SPHENOID SINUS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; BLINDNESS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MYCOSES; SPHENOID SINUS; SPHENOID SINUSITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33746480303     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2005.04.009     Document Type: Article

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