Histopathological evaluation of chronic rhinosinusitis: A critical review

American Journal of Rhinology and Allergy

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 396-402

  Jiang, Nancy ^a   Kern, Robert C ^b   Altman, Kenneth W ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; B CELL ACTIVATING FACTOR; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; GELATINASE B; INTERLEUKIN 22; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 8; L SELECTIN; MATRILYSIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1;

ASTHMA; ATOPY; CHRONIC RHINOSINUSITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOSCOPY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHILIA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GOBLET CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MAST CELL; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; MICROSCOPY; MYOFIBROBLAST; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NOSE MUCOSA; NOSE POLYP; PROGNOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; CHRONIC DISEASE; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALIZED MEDICINE; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS;

EID: 84888424597     PISSN: 19458924     EISSN: 19458932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/ajra.2013.27.3916     Document Type: Review

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