Prevalence of extramucosal fungal elements in sinonasal polyposis: A mycological and pathologic study in an Egyptian population

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 308-317

  Bassiouny, Ahmed ^a   Ragab, Ashraf ^a   Attia, Abdel Fattah ^a   Atef, Ahmed ^a   Hafez, Nadia ^a   Ayad, Essam ^a   Sameer, Hany ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC SINUSITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EGYPT; FEMALE; FUNGAL SINUSITIS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE POLYP; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RHINOSINUSITIS; SINONASAL POLYPOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; EGYPT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNGI; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL LAVAGE; NASAL MUCOSA; NASAL POLYPS; PARANASAL SINUSES; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959905784     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: 1532818X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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