Nasal scraping in diagnosing ciliary dyskinesia

American Journal of Rhinology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 702-705

  Caruso, Giuseppi ^a   Gelardi, Matteo ^b   Passali, Giulio C ^a   De Santi, Maria M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acquired ciliary dyskinesia; Cilia; Diagnosis; Kartagener's syndrome; Mucociliary transport time; Nasal scraping; Primary ciliary dyskinesia; Transmission electron microscope

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CILIARY DYSKINESIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE MUCOSA; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CILIA; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; KARTAGENER SYNDROME; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROTUBULES; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOCILIARY CLEARANCE; NASAL MUCOSA;

EID: 38349003021     PISSN: 10506586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/ajr.2007.21.3107     Document Type: Article

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