Postnasal drip syndrome. Two hundred years of controversy between UK and USA

Rhinology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 86-91

  Sanu, A ^a   Eccles, Ron ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cough; Mucus; Postnatal drip; Rhinitis; Rhinosinusitis; Sinusitis

Indexed keywords

COUGHING; HISTORY; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE; REVIEW; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; SYNDROME; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

COUGH; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; SYNDROME; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44849132879     PISSN: 03000729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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