General and rhinosinusitis-related quality of life in patients with Wegener's granulomatosis

Laryngoscope

Volumn 116, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1621-1625

  Srouji, I A ^a   Andrews, P ^b   Edwards, C ^c   Lund, V J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL NATIONAL THROAT NOSE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL GWENT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Quality of life; Sinusitis; Wegener's granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; NASEPTIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE MIX; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPISTAXIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; NOSE MALFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RHINOSINUSITIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 33748552689     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlg.0000230440.83375.4b     Document Type: Article

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