Relationship between extremely low total serum IgE levels and rhinosinusitis

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 650-652

  Levin, Todd A ^a   Ownby, Dennis R ^a   Smith, Phillip H ^a   Peterson, Edward L ^b   Williams, L Keoki ^b   Ford, Janet ^a   Young, Penny ^a   Johnson, Christine C ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOSINUSITIS; SELF REPORT; STANDARD; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 33845192396     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)61095-2     Document Type: Article

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