Herbal treatment of allergic rhinitis: The use of Nigella sativa

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 402-407

  Nikakhlagh, Soheila ^a   Rahim, Fakher ^b   Aryani, Faezeh Hossein Nejad ^a   Syahpoush, Amir ^b   Brougerdnya, Mehri Ghafouryan ^b   Saki, Nader ^a  

^a AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; NIGELLA SATIVA EXTRACT; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; BLACK CUMIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NASAL PRURITUS; NOSE CONGESTION; NOSE MUCOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINORRHEA; SNEEZING;

ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL MUCOSA; NIGELLA SATIVA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052182127     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: 1532818X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2010.07.019     Document Type: Article

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