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The mucociliary activity in normal and pathological nasal mucosa was studied with a gamma camera using 99mTc-labelled resin particles. The mucus flow rate was investigated under physiological conditions in the following groups of subjects: normal, allergic rhinitis, vasomotor rhinitis, primary atrophic rhinitis, and laryngectomized. The mean flow rates obtained were 5.7±2.2, 1.5±0.5, 1.9±0.8, 0.0, and 4.8±1.9 mm/min respectively. When the results were compared, the differences between the normal and allergic rhinitis groups, and the normal and vasomotor rhinitis groups were statistically significant (p < 0.05). However, the differences between the normal and laryngectomized groups, and the allergic and vasomotor rhinitis groups were insignificant (p >0.05).
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Kaya, S., Ercan, M.T. & Laleli, Y. Measurement of nasal mucociliary activity in man with 99mTc-labelled resin particles. Arch Otorhinolaryngol 239, 267–272 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00464254
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