Antrochoanal polyp: A transmission electron and light microscopic study

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 262, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-60

  Özcan, Cengiz ^a,c   Zeren, Handan ^b   Talas, Derya Ümit ^a   Küçükoǧlu, Melek ^b   Görür, Kemal ^a  

^a MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antrochoanal polyp; Histopathology; Nasal polyp; Transmission electron microscopy; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTROCHOANAL POLYP; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EOSINOPHIL; EPITHELIUM CELL; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GOBLET CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; JAW DISEASE; MALE; POLYP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; SCHOOL CHILD; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL POLYPS;

EID: 15244357918     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-003-0729-1     Document Type: Article

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