The normal inferior turbinate: Histomorphometric analysis and clinical implications

Laryngoscope

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1192-1198

  Berger, Gilead ^b   Balum Azim, Marwa ^a   Ophir, Dov ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Basement membrane zone; Epithelium; Goblet cells; Histology; Inferior turbinate; Lamina propria; Morphometry; Seromucous glands; Venous sinusoids

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL CIRCULATION; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE ZONE; CANCELLOUS BONE; CILIATED EPITHELIUM; CLINICAL MEDICINE; COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM; FACIAL BONE; FEMALE; GOBLET CELL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERIOR TURBINATE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LAMINA PROPRIA; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MUCUS GLAND; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE MUCOSA; NOSE SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOSTRATIFIED CILIATED COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM; SEROMUCOUS GLAND; SOFT TISSUE; VENOUS SINUSOID; VENULE;

EID: 0037827266     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200307000-00015     Document Type: Article

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