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  • Title: Nasal mucociliary clearance under various conditions.
    Author: Sakakura Y, Ukai K, Majima Y, Murai S, Harada T, Miyoshi Y.
    Journal: Acta Otolaryngol; 1983; 96(1-2):167-73. PubMed ID: 6613546.
    Abstract:
    We applied the tagged-particle method or the saccharin method or both to the nasal mucociliary clearance. There was no effect of ageing on the transport time of saccharin in control subjects of ages under 60, and 70% of control subjects of ages more than 60 had the same transport time as that obtained in younger control subjects. The significant inverse correlation between the mucociliary transport rates with the particle method and the transport time with the saccharin method were established in control subjects, but not, however, in patients with chronic sinusitis. The mucociliary transport rates were measured under non-physiologic conditions of the nose: laryngectomy, chronic sinusitis, Sjögren's syndrome, and Kartagener's syndrome.
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