Management of allergic fungal sinusitis with postoperative oral and nasal steroids: A controlled study

Ear, Nose and Throat Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Ikram, Mubasher ^a   Abbas, Akbar ^a   Suhail, Anwar ^a   Onali, Maisam Abbas ^a   Akhtar, Shabbir ^a   Iqbal, Moghira ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE; PREDNISONE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; MUCIN;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ALLERGIC FUNGAL SINUSITIS; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NOSE MUCOSA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINUSITIS; STEROID THERAPY; ASPERGILLOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOSCOPY; HYPERPLASIA; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; PERENNIAL RHINITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; BECLOMETHASONE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; MALE; MUCINS; NASAL MUCOSA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREDNISONE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RISK FACTORS; SINUSITIS;

EID: 65349104071     PISSN: 01455613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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