Executive summary of European task force document on diagnostic tools in rhinology

Rhinology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Hellings, P W ^a   Scadding, G ^b   Alobid, I ^c   Bachert, C ^d   Fokkens, W J ^e   Gerth van Wijk, R G ^f   Gevaert, P ^d   Guilemany, J ^c   Kalogjera, L ^g   Lund, V J ^b   Mullol, J ^c   Passalacqua, G ^h   Toskala, E ⁱ   van Drunen, C M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL NATIONAL THROAT NOSE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Cardiovascular Surgery   (Spain)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^e ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

ⁱ Center for Applied Genomics   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Diagnosis; Examination; History; Nasal patency; Rhinology; Rhinoscopy; Rhinosinusitis

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC RHINOMETRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LAVAGE; MUCOCILIARY CLEARANCE; NOSE DISEASE; NOSE PROVOCATION TEST; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; SMELLING DISORDER;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MUCOCILIARY CLEARANCE; NASAL PROVOCATION TESTS; NOSE DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OLFACTION DISORDERS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RHINITIS; RHINOMETRY, ACOUSTIC; SINUSITIS; THERAPEUTIC IRRIGATION;

EID: 85054110410     PISSN: 03000729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4193/Rhino11.252     Document Type: Review

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