The role of mucosal immunity in fungus ball of the paranasal sinuses

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 132, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages

  Park, Hyun Joo ^a   Seoh, Ju Young ^a   Han, Ki Hwan ^a   Moon, Kyung Ray ^b   Lee, Seung Sin ^a  

^a Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Future Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fungus; IFN ; IgA; IL 4; T lymphocyte

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNGUS BALL; HUMAN; LAMINA PROPRIA; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUS; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NASAL LAVAGE; NOSE CAVITY; NOSE MUCOSA; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURBINATE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-4; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL CAVITY; NASAL LAVAGE FLUID; PARANASAL SINUSES; PLASMA CELLS; SINUSITIS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 84861123788     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016489.2012.659756     Document Type: Article

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