Histological evaluation of age-related changes in human respiratory mucosa of the middle turbinate

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-27

  Schrödter, Sophia ^a   Biermann, Eckhardt ^b   Halata, Zdenek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Histology; Mucosa; Nasal; Nose; Turbinates

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CELL TYPE; CHILD; EPITHELIUM CELL; FACIAL BONE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE; NOSE MUCOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT MUCOSA; SQUAMOUS CELL METAPLASIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATROPHY; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CILIA; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; METAPLASIA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL CAVITY; PILOT PROJECTS; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; TURBINATES;

EID: 0042158762     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-003-0326-5     Document Type: Article

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