Olfactory neuroepithelium in the superior and middle turbinates: which is the optimal biopsy site?

Summary Introduction: Olfactory neuroepithelium (ON) biopsy has several therapeutic applications for both disorders of olfaction and neurodegenerative diseases. Successful collection of ON is still anything but routine due to a dearth of studies on the distribution of ON in the superior...

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Main Authors: Fabio de Rezende Pinna, Bruno Ctenas, Raimar Weber, Paulo Hilario Saldiva, Richard Louis Voegels
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda. 2013-04-01
Series:International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.7162/S1809-97772013000200004