Clinical and cytologic characteristics of allergic rhinitis in elderly patients

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 141-144

  Ventura, Maria Teresa ^a   Gelardi, Matteo ^a   D'Amato, Angela ^a   Buquicchio, Rosalba ^a   Tummolo, Roberto ^a   Misciagna, Giovanni ^b   Canonica, Giorgio Walter ^c   Passalacqua, Giovanni ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR DIGESTIVE DISEASES   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; EOSINOPHIL; EPITHELIUM CELL; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GOBLET CELL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAST CELL; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NEUTROPHIL; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTHMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857716376     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: 15344436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2012.01.013     Document Type: Article

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