Mucociliary transport and its assessment: A review

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 388-396

  Lale, A M ^a   Mason, J D T ^b   Jones, N S ^c  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BOLTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN;

AIRFLOW; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; CHRONIC SINUSITIS; CILIATED EPITHELIUM; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMMON VARIABLE IMMUNODEFICIENCY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE A; HUMAN; KARTAGENER SYNDROME; MUCOCILIARY CLEARANCE; MUCOCILIARY TRANSPORT; NOSE MUCOSA; NOSE POLYP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOPODIUM; REVIEW; ROTHMUND THOMSON SYNDROME; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

HUMANS; MUCOCILIARY CLEARANCE; NASAL MUCOSA; NASAL POLYPS;

EID: 0031687745     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2273.1998.00173.x     Document Type: Review

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