Allergic Rhinitis and Chronic Rhinosinusitis. Their Impact on Lower Airways

Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 45-60

  Ramakrishnan, Jeevan B ^a   Kingdom, Todd T ^b   Ramakrishnan, Vijay R ^b  

^a Capitol Ear Nose and Throat   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Inflammation; Nasal polyps; Sinusitis; Unified airway

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; MUCOLYTIC AGENT; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; STEROID;

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ASTHMA; BALLOON SINUS SURGERY; CHRONIC RHINOSINUSITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOSCOPIC POLYPECTOMY; ENDOSCOPIC SINUS SURGERY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MIXED INFECTION; NASAL LAVAGE; NONHUMAN; NOSE AIRFLOW; NOSE POLYP; NOSE SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADICAL SPHENOETHMOIDECTOMY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLEEP QUALITY; SMELLING; TREATMENT PLANNING; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; RHINITIS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; SINUSITIS;

EID: 84872671911     PISSN: 08898561     EISSN: 15578607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iac.2012.10.009     Document Type: Review

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