Relationship between mucosal inflammation, computed tomography, and symptomatology in chronic rhinosinusitis without polyposis

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 117, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 517-522

  Bhattacharyya, Neil ^a,b,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Division of Otolaryngology   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic rhinosinusitis; Histopathology; Staging; Symptom

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FACE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; OROPHARYNX; PARANASAL SINUS; POLYPOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RHINOSINUSITIS; SELF REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; INFLAMMATION; NOSE MUCOSA; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SINUSITIS;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NASAL MUCOSA; PARANASAL SINUSES; SINUSITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 51449110810     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940811700709     Document Type: Article

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