Distinct features of chronic rhinosinusitis with and without nasal polyps

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1275-1279

  Polzehl, D ^a   Moeller, P ^a   Riechelmann, H ^a,c   Perner, S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Nasal mucosa; Nasal polyps

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PARAFFIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EOSINOPHIL; ETHMOID BONE; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MAST CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEUTROPHIL; NOSE POLYP; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOSINUSITIS; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; EOSINOPHILS; ETHMOID SINUSITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL POLYPS; PLASMA CELLS; RHINITIS;

EID: 33749076723     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2006.01132.x     Document Type: Article

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