High prevalence of humoral immunodeficiency patients with refractory chronic rhinosinusitis

American Journal of Rhinology and Allergy

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 409-412

  Alqudah, Mohannad ^a   Graham, Scott M ^a   Ballas, Zuhair K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMORAL IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE POLYP; PREVALENCE; RHINOSINUSITIS;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMON VARIABLE IMMUNODEFICIENCY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOLOGIC DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; PREVALENCE; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS;

EID: 78649969375     PISSN: 19458924     EISSN: 19458932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/ajra.2010.24.3532     Document Type: Article

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