Surfactant protein A and D in human sinus mucosa: A preliminary report

ORL

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 57-60

  Woodworth, Bradford A ^a   Neal, Jeffrey G ^a   Newton, Danforth ^a   Joseph, Kusuman ^a   Kaplan, Allen P ^a   Baatz, John E ^a   Schlosser, Rodney J ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic sinusitis; Rhinosinusitis; Sinus mucosa; SP A; SP D; Surfactant protein

Indexed keywords

SURFACTANT PROTEIN A; SURFACTANT PROTEIN D;

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INNATE IMMUNITY; NOSE POLYP; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARANASAL BIOPSY; PARANASAL SINUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHINOSINUSITIS;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; HUMANS; PARANASAL SINUSES; PULMONARY SURFACTANT-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN A; PULMONARY SURFACTANT-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN D; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 33845772848     PISSN: 03011569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000096718     Document Type: Article

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