The effects of retinoic acid on ciliary function of regenerated sinus mucosa

American Journal of Rhinology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 334-336

  Erickson, Vanessa R ^a   Antunes, Marcelo ^b   Chen, Bei ^b   Cohen, Noam A ^b   Hwang, Peter H ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cilia; Ciliary beat frequency; Paranasal sinuses; Rabbit model; Retinoic acid; Sinus surgery; Vitamin A; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

RETINOIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CILIARY MOTILITY; NONHUMAN; NOSE MUCOSA; NOSE SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RABBIT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; CILIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; KERATOLYTIC AGENTS; MAXILLARY SINUS; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASES; RABBITS; REGENERATION; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; TRETINOIN; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 45349089968     PISSN: 10506586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/ajr.2008.22.3176     Document Type: Article

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