Effects of topical chlorhexidine applied to the rabbit nasal mucosa

Auris Nasus Larynx

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 65-69

  Çankaya, Hakan ^a   Özen, Süleyman ^a   Kiroǧlu, Faruk ^a   Yurttaş, Veysel ^a  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial agent; Chlorhexidine; Nasal irritation; Nasal mucosa

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; KLORHEX;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CILIATED EPITHELIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CONCENTRATION; DRUG EFFECT; METAPLASIA; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NONHUMAN; NOSE MUCOSA; RABBIT; RHINOSINUSITIS;

AEROSOLS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CHLORHEXIDINE; CILIARY MOTILITY DISORDERS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPITHELIUM; METAPLASIA; NASAL MUCOSA; NEUTROPHIL INFILTRATION; RABBITS;

EID: 12244293374     PISSN: 03858146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0385-8146(02)00102-5     Document Type: Article

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