Allergic fungal rhinosinusitis: Diagnosis and management

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 18-22

  Ryan, Matthew W ^a   Marple, Bradley F ^b  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergic fungal rhinosinusitis; Allergic fungal sinusitis; Eosinophilic mucin chronic rhinosinusitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUCONAZOLE; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MACROLIDE;

ALLERGIC FUNGAL RHINOSINUSITIS; BONE REMODELING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHINOSINUSITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

HUMANS; MYCOSES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; SINUSITIS;

EID: 33846088467     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOO.0b013e328013dbd9     Document Type: Review

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