Rhinosinusitis in children and asthma severity

Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 151-153

  Pawankar, Ruby ^a   Zernotti, Mario E ^b,c  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^c Sanatorio Allende   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Asthma severity; Rhinosinusitis in children; Rhinosinusitis treatment; Upper respiratory illness

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; DEFLAZACORT; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE; AMOXICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CLAVULANIC ACID;

ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EOSINOPHIL; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; RHINOSINUSITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CELL MOTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; METABOLISM; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS;

AMOXICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ASTHMA; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILD; CLAVULANIC ACID; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EOSINOPHILS; HUMANS; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65549159186     PISSN: 15284050     EISSN: 14736322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACI.0b013e328329221d     Document Type: Review

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