Immunotherapy for allergic fungal sinusitis

Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 629-634

  Hall, Ashley G ^a   DeShazo, Richard D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergic fungal sinusitis; Hypersensitivity fungal sinusitis; Immunotherapy

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; FUNGUS ALLERGEN; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLERGIC FUNGAL SINUSITIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENDOSCOPIC POLYPECTOMY; FUNGAL SINUSITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LOW DRUG DOSE; NOSE POLYP; POLYPECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; DESENSITIZATION, IMMUNOLOGIC; EOSINOPHILS; HUMANS; MYCOSES; SINUSITIS;

EID: 84871343098     PISSN: 15284050     EISSN: 14736322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACI.0b013e328357a233     Document Type: Review

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