Efficacy of combined treatment with S-carboxymethylcysteine (carbocisteine) and clarithromycin in chronic rhinosinusitis patients without nasal polyp or with small nasal polyp

Auris Nasus Larynx

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 38-47

  Majima, Yuichi ^a   Kurono, Yuichi ^b   Hirakawa, Katsuhiro ^c   Ichimura, Keiichi ^d   Haruna, Shinichi ^e   Suzaki, Harumi ^f   Kawauchi, Hideyuki ^g   Takeuchi, Kazuhiko ^h   Naito, Kensei ⁱ   Kase, Yasuhiro ^j   Harada, Tamotsu ^k   Moriyama, Hiroshi ^l  

^a Ise Municipal General Hospital   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^j SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^k KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^l JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Chronic rhinosinusitis; Clarithromycin; Randomized; S carboxymethylcysteine

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBOCISTEINE; CLARITHROMYCIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ABNORMAL LABORATORY RESULT; ABNORMAL SENSATION; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLEEDING; CHRONIC RHINOSINUSITIS; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EDEMA; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMORRHOID; HUMAN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LEG BLEEDING; LEG DISEASE; LEUKOPENIA; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LONG TERM CARE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MOUTH DISEASE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NASAL DISCHARGE; NOSE DISEASE; NOSE POLYP; OPEN STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTNASAL DISCHARGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHINOSINUSITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SIDE EFFECT; SINO NASAL OUTCOME TEST 20; STOMACH DISCOMFORT; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARBOCYSTEINE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLARITHROMYCIN; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL POLYPS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84855350580     PISSN: 03858146     EISSN: 18791476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anl.2011.04.015     Document Type: Article

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