Effect of dairy products on the lifetime of provox2 voice prostheses in vitro and in vivo

Head and Neck

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 471-477

  Schwandt, Leonora Q ^a,b   Van Weissenbruch, Ranny ^a   Van Der Mei, Henny C ^b   Busscher, Henk J ^b   Albers, Frans W J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Buttermilk; Lactobacillus casei Shirota; Laryngectomy; Lifetime; Voice prosthesis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; DAIRY PRODUCT; FERMENTED PRODUCT; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOFILMS; CANDIDA; CULTURED MILK PRODUCTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBIOTICS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SILICONES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 20044388565     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20180     Document Type: Article

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