Symptom score for allergic rhinitis

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (United States)

Volumn 148, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 557-563

  Ologe, Foluwasayo Emmanuel ^a   Adebola, Stephen Oluwatosin ^b   Dunmade, Adekunle David ^a   Adeniji, Kayode Adebamiji ^a   Oyejola, Benjamin Agboola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

^b LADOKE AKINTOLA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Adult; Allergy; Eosinophil count; Rhinitis; Symptom score

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE SMEAR; POLLEN ALLERGY; PREVALENCE; SCORE FOR ALLERGIC RHINITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SNEEZING; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; CYTOLOGY; EOSINOPHIL; EXUDATE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE MUCOSA; PERENNIAL RHINITIS; SECRETION (PROCESS); SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EOSINOPHILS; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL MUCOSA; PREVALENCE; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879000489     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599813477605     Document Type: Article

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