Seawater gel in allergic rhinitis: Entrapment effect and mucociliary clearance compared with saline

Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-18

  Cingi, Cemal ^a   Halis Unlu, H ^b   Songu, Murat ^c   Yalcin, Sinasi ^d,e   Topcu, Ismail ^f   Cakli, Hamdi ^e   Bal, Cengiz ^e  

^a ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

^c ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^d FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

^f DICLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

allergen; allergic rhinitis; entrapping; nasal lavage; nasal rinsing; seawater

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOCILIARY CLEARANCE; NOSE CONGESTION; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PRURITUS; SNEEZING; THERAPY EFFECT;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOCILIARY CLEARANCE; NASAL CAVITY; NASAL OBSTRUCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SACCHARIN; SEAWATER; SNEEZING; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76349094473     PISSN: 17534658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1753465809358190     Document Type: Article

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