Rhinosinusitis and asthma: The missing link

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-24

  Dixon, Anne E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Rhinitis; Sinusitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; PLACEBO; STEROID;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CHRONIC RHINITIS; CHRONIC SINUSITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE COURSE; ECZEMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; LUNG FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; NOSE POLYP; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; REVIEW; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; RHINOSINUSITIS; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

ASTHMA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG; RHINITIS; RISK FACTORS; SINUSITIS;

EID: 58149263121     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: 15316971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCP.0b013e32831da87e     Document Type: Review

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