Improvement of chronic rhinitis under aspirin

Christos Merkonidis1, Volker Gudziol, Mariapaola Paola Cecchini

  • 1Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Ipswich Hospital, Ipswich, UK.

Respiratory Care
|October 19, 2011
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