Nasal polyposis: From pathogenesis to treatment, an update

Inflammation and Allergy - Drug Targets

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 158-163

  Casale, Manuele ^a   Pappacena, Marco ^a   Potena, Massimiliano ^a   Vesperini, Emanuela ^a   Ciglia, Giacomo ^a   Mladina, Ranko ^b   Dianzani, Caterina ^a   Degener, Anna Marta ^c   Salvinelli, Fabrizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^b KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allergy; Eosinophils; Functional endoscopic sinus surgery; Nasal polyposis; Rhinosinusitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; MACROLIDE; STEROID;

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPIC SINUS SURGERY; ENDOSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; NOSE POLYP; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW;

EID: 79958182368     PISSN: 18715281     EISSN: 18715281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/187152811795564055     Document Type: Review

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