Immunologic response to fungus is not universally associated with rhinosinusitis

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 141, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Orlandi, Richard R ^a,b   Marple, Bradley F ^c   Georgelas, Ann ^a   Durtschi, Drew ^a   Barr, Lucy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b George E Wahlen Veteran Affairs Medical Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 3; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC RHINOSINUSITIS; CLADOSPORIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; FUNGUS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MONOCYTE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHINOSINUSITIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70449646939     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2009.09.016     Document Type: Article

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