Estimation of nasal epithelial lining fluid using urea as a marker

The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 457-465

  Kaulbach, Helen C ^a   White, Martha V ^a   Igarashi, Yasushi ^a   Hahn, Barbara K ^a   Kaliner, Michael A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Epithelial lining fluid; glandular secretion; urea; vascular permeability

Indexed keywords

MARKER; UREA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE MUCOSA; NOSE SECRETION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY FLUIDS; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRRIGATION; MALE; NASAL MUCOSA; PROTEINS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; UREA;

EID: 0027818725     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0091-6749(93)90125-Y     Document Type: Article

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