Relationships between severity of chronic rhinosinusitis and nasal polyposis, asthma, and atopy

American Journal of Rhinology and Allergy

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 145-148

  Pearlman, Aaron N ^a   Chandra, Rakesh K ^a   Chang, Dennis ^b   Conley, David B ^a   Tripathi Peters, Anju ^a   Grammer, Leslie C ^a   Schleimer, Robert T ^a   Kern, Robert C ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; Atopy; Chronic rhinosinusitis; Computed tomography; Eosinophil; Epidemiology; Lund MacKay score; Nasal polyposis; Staging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOSE POLYP; PREVALENCE; RHINOSINUSITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKIN TEST; ANIMAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COCKROACH; DISEASE COURSE; HOSPITALIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS;

ALLERGEN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INSECT PROTEIN;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COCKROACHES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INSECT PROTEINS; NASAL POLYPS; RHINITIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINUSITIS; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 67650293242     PISSN: 19458924     EISSN: 19458932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/ajra.2009.23.3284     Document Type: Article

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