Proposed diagnostic standard using visual analogue scale and acoustic rhinometry in nasal provocation test in allergic patients

Auris Nasus Larynx

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 340-346

  Kim, Young Hyo ^a   Jang, Tae Young ^a  

^a Inha University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acoustic rhinometry; Allergic rhinitis; Nasal provocation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMAL CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; NASAL PRURITUS; NORMAL VALUE; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; NOSE PROVOCATION TEST; PERENNIAL RHINITIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RHINOMETRY; RHINORRHEA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SNEEZING; TOTAL NASAL VOLUME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL PROVOCATION TESTS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RHINITIS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RHINOMETRY, ACOUSTIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952736354     PISSN: 03858146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anl.2010.11.006     Document Type: Article

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