Does bone morphogenetic proteins play an important role in chronic rhinosinusitis?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 228-

  Xue, Tao ^a   Wei, Li ^a   Qiao, Li ^a   Qiu, Jianhua ^a   Zha, Dingjun ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

CALCIFICATION; ETHMOID BONE; ETHMOID SINUS; FIBROSIS; HYPEROSTOSIS; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LETTER; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOSINUSITIS;

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; HUMANS; OSSIFICATION, HETEROTOPIC; OSTEITIS; SINUSITIS;

EID: 57749209371     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2008.09.003     Document Type: Letter

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