Prevalence of allergic rhinitis and nasal smear eosinophilia in 11- to 15 yr-old children in Shiraz

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 519-523

  Miri, Sara ^a,d   Farid, Reza ^b   Akbari, Hedayat ^c   Amin, Reza ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Eosinophilia; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENT EXAMINATION; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE SECRETION; NOSE SMEAR; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINORRHEA; SCHOOL CHILD; SNEEZING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; NASAL MUCOSA; NEUTROPHILS; PREVALENCE; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL;

EID: 33749446678     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2006.00424.x     Document Type: Article

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