Allergic rhinitis is associated with otitis media with effusion: A birth cohort study

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1615-1620

  Kreiner Moller E ^a,b   Chawes, B L K ^a,b   Caye Thomasen, P ^a,b   Bonnelykke K ^a,b   Bisgaard, H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Asthma; Eczema; Otitis media; Otitis media with effusion; Preschool children

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ACOUSTIC RHINOMETRY; ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ALGORITHM; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CHILD; CHRONIC SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECZEMA; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; SWELLING; TYMPANOMETRY; VASOMOTOR RHINITIS;

ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; ECZEMA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MORBIDITY; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL;

EID: 84868109722     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2012.04038.x     Document Type: Article

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