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Ciliary beat frequency of human middle-ear mucosa measured in vitro

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Y. Roth  and
E. Ostfeld
Y. Roth
Affiliation:
From the Department of Polymer Research, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, and Department of Otolaryngology, Hillel Jaffe Memorial Hospital, Hadera, Israel.
E. Ostfeld*
Affiliation:
From the Department of Polymer Research, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, and Department of Otolaryngology, Hillel Jaffe Memorial Hospital, Hadera, Israel.
*
E. Ostfeld, M.D., Otolaryngology, Hillel Jaffe Memorial Hospital, Haders 38100. Israel.
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Abstract

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.

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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 98 , Issue 9 , September 1984 , pp. 853 - 856
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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1984

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