Article
MUC5ACExpression in Human Middle Ear Epithelium of Patients With Otitis Media
2010-08-16
Abstract excerpt
Objective To compare levels of middle ear (ME)MUC5ACexpression in patients with otitis media (OM) with patients without OM. Mucin gene 5AC has been identified as a major secretory mucin in the ME and is fundamentally important in the development of ME mucoid effusions, hearing loss and also provides ME mucosal protection and bacterial clearance. Design Case control. Setting Tertiary, academic, pediatric otolaryngo...
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- Literature Corpus work
- e0dd18ac-b5c2-5aba-bc53-eeb18fb9380a
- DOI
- 10.1001/archoto.2010.123
