Chronic rhinosinusitis in Europe - an underestimated disease. A GA2LEN study

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Authors

Deniz Hastan · University of Amsterdam

W. J. Fokkens · University of Amsterdam

C. Bachert · Ghent University

R B Newson · Imperial College London

Jovanka Karadzinska Bislimovska · Saints Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje

Angelina Bockelbrink · Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Philippe‐Jean Bousquet

Abstract

This is the first European international multicentre prevalence study of CRS. In this multicentre survey of adults in Europe, about one in ten participants had CRS with marked geographical variation. Smoking was associated with having CRS in all parts of Europe.

Topics & Keywords

Sinusitis and nasal conditions Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization Nasal Surgery and Airway Studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Allergy

Volume 66, Issue 9, pp. 1216-1223

DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2011.02646.x

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