Prevalence of allergic fungal sinusitis among patients with nasal polyps

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 212-214

  Telmesani, Laila M ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MUCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC FUNGAL SINUSITIS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNGUS HYPHAE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NOSE POLYP; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHINOSINUSITIS; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SINUSITIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FUNGUS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSIS; PARANASAL SINUS; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNGI; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; NASAL POLYPS; PARANASAL SINUSES; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; SINUSITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69449094788     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: 13199226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2009.212     Document Type: Article

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