Assessing the additional disease burden of polyps in chronic rhinosinusitis

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 185-189

  Bhattacharyya, Neil ^a,b,c  

^a Division of Otolaryngology   (Canada)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Division of Otolaryngology   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic rhinosinusitis; Diagnosis; Medical costs; Nasal polyposis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOSE POLYP; OROPHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RHINOSINUSITIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 62449303759     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940911800305     Document Type: Article

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