The effect of high single dose parenteral vitamin A in addition to antibiotic therapy on healing of maxillary sinusitis in experimental acute sinusitis

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 219-223

  Ünal, Murat ^a,b   Öztürk, Candan ^a   Aslan, Gönül ^a   Aydin, Özlem ^a   Görür, Kemal ^a  

^a MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MERSIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Experimental sinusitis; Therapy; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

RETINOL; SULTAMICILLIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MEGADOSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; MAXILLA SINUSITIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RANK SUM TEST; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AMPICILLIN; ANIMALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EPITHELIUM; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MAXILLARY SINUSITIS; NASAL MUCOSA; RABBITS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SULBACTAM; VITAMIN A;

EID: 0037167767     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5876(02)00175-1     Document Type: Article

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