Rhinitis, sinusitis and asthma: one linked airway disease.
Understanding the relationship between upper and lower airways has greatly increased through epidemiological and pharmacological studies. Scientific evidence supports the concept that rhinosinusitis and asthma may be the expression of an inflammatory process which appears in different sites of the respiratory tract at different times. The implications are not only academic but are important for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes.
de Benedictis
F M
FM
Department of Pediatric Medicine, Children's Hospital 'Salesi' Ancona, Italy. debened@unipg.it
del Giudice
M M
MM
Severini
S
S
Bonifazi
F
F
D001249:Asthma / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D012220:Rhinitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology*