Rhinitis medicamentosa and the stuffy nose.

J Allergy Clin Immunol

Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Allergy and Immunology, University of South Florida College of Medicine, and the James A. Haley Veterans' Administration Hospital, Tampa, FL 33612, USA.

Published: November 2006

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