Chronic Sinusitis: Relationship of Computed Tomographic Findings to Allergy, Asthma, and Eosinophilia

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 271, Issue 5, 1994, Pages 363-367

  Newman, Leslie J ^a   Platts Mills, Thomas A E ^a   Phillips, C Douglas ^a   Hazen, Kevin C ^a   Gross, Charles W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGY; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHRONIC SINUSITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 84885840120     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.271.5.363     Document Type: Article

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