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Nasal and sinus symptoms and chronic rhinosinusitis in a population-based sample.
Allergy - 1 Feb 2017
Hirsch A G, Stewart W F, Sundaresan A S, Young A J, Kennedy T L, Scott Greene J, Feng W, Tan B K, Schleimer R P, Kern R C, Lidder A, Schwartz B S
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BACKGROUND: The objective of this study was to describe the first US-based study to use the European Position Paper on Rhinosinusitis (EPOS) criteria to study the prevalence of chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) in a general-population sample. METHODS: A CRS symptom questionnaire was mailed to 23 700 primary care patients from Geisinger Clinic, a health system serving 45 counties in Pennsylvania. CRS cases were...
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