Nasal polyps do not contain olfactory structures

Rhinology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 185-189

  Bhutta, Mahmood F ^a   Al Shaikh, Salim ^b   Latif, Mo ^b   Lee, Robin ^b   Uraiby, Jamal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b KETTERING GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nasal polyps; Olfactory mucosa; Smell; Surgery

Indexed keywords

OLFACTORY MARKER PROTEIN; OMP PROTEIN, HUMAN;

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE POLYP; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; PATHOLOGY; SMELLING DISORDER;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL POLYPS; OLFACTION DISORDERS; OLFACTORY MARKER PROTEIN; OLFACTORY MUCOSA;

EID: 80051571791     PISSN: 03000729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4193/Rhino09.171     Document Type: Article

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