TY - JOUR
T1 - Ciliary beat frequency of human middle-ear mucosa measured in vitro
AU - Roth, Y.
AU - Ostfeld, E.
PY - 1984/9
Y1 - 1984/9
N2 - Brush biopsies from the middle-ear (ME) and nasal mucosa were taken from a 4-year-old girl with complete situs inversus, recurrent otitis media and tonsillitis, who underwent tonsillectomy, adenoidectomy and bilateral myringotomy with insertion of ventilation tubes. Ciliary beat frequencies (CBF, Hz.) of the ME and nasal samples, measured by a photoelectric system equipped with a fiber-optic probe, were 9.5 Hz. (±1.2) and 13.7 Hz. (±4.1) respectively. These values are similar to CBF of nasal samples obtained from normal subjects. In vitro CBF assessment is a useful investigative tool for the study of mucociliary activity in the ME, as in patients suspected to have ciliary dyskinesia syndrome.
AB - Brush biopsies from the middle-ear (ME) and nasal mucosa were taken from a 4-year-old girl with complete situs inversus, recurrent otitis media and tonsillitis, who underwent tonsillectomy, adenoidectomy and bilateral myringotomy with insertion of ventilation tubes. Ciliary beat frequencies (CBF, Hz.) of the ME and nasal samples, measured by a photoelectric system equipped with a fiber-optic probe, were 9.5 Hz. (±1.2) and 13.7 Hz. (±4.1) respectively. These values are similar to CBF of nasal samples obtained from normal subjects. In vitro CBF assessment is a useful investigative tool for the study of mucociliary activity in the ME, as in patients suspected to have ciliary dyskinesia syndrome.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0021188915
U2 - 10.1017/S0022215100147620
DO - 10.1017/S0022215100147620
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C2 - 6481224
AN - SCOPUS:0021188915
SN - 0022-2151
VL - 98
SP - 853
EP - 856
JO - Journal of Laryngology and Otology
JF - Journal of Laryngology and Otology
IS - 9
ER -