Intranasal fungi and chronic rhinosinusitis: What is the relationship?

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 425-429

  Tosun, Fuat ^a   Hidir, Yusuf ^a   Saracli, Mehmet A ^a   Caliskaner, Zafer ^a   Sengul, Ali ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chronic rhinosinusitis; Fungus; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; FUNGUS; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INTRACUTANEOUS TEST; MALE; NOSE POLYP; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOSINUSITIS; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 34250792085     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940711600606     Document Type: Article

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