Combined airways: Impact of upper airway on lower airway

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-20

  Fasano, Mary Beth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Asthma; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Chronic rhinosinusitis; Nasal polyps; Obstructive sleep apnea; Occupational rhinitis; United airways disease

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMILORIDE; AMITRIPTYLINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHLORPROMAZINE; COCAINE; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; GABAPENTIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OMALIZUMAB; RISPERIDONE; SILDENAFIL; TADALAFIL; VARDENAFIL;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; NOSE POLYP; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; RHINITIS; RHINOSINUSITIS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

ASTHMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTERLEUKIN-5; NASAL OBSTRUCTION; NASAL POLYPS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; TH2 CELLS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 75749085460     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOO.0b013e328334aa0e     Document Type: Review

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