Mucociliary and long-term particle clearance in airways of patients with immotile cilia
Spherical monodisperse ferromagnetic iron oxide particles of 1.9 μm geometric and 4.2 μm aerodynamic diameter were inhaled by seven patients with primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) using the shallow bolus technique, and compared to 13 healthy non-smokers (NS) from a previous study. The bolus penetrati...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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BioMed Central
2006
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1363720/ |