ozena


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Related to ozena: atrophic rhinitis
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a chronic disease of the nose characterized by a foul-smelling nasal discharge and atrophy of nasal structures

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Among three patients, two were relieved of their crusting, ozena, and headache.
A study of etiological factors, management, and complications of atrophic rhinitis
The fruits of Xanthium strumarium L (Asteraceae) have been used extensively in China for treatment of various diseases such as allergic rhinitis (AR), tympanitis, urticaria and arthritis or ozena. This study was designed to systemically investigate the effects of the caffeoylxanthiazonoside (CXT) isolated from fruits of X.
Anti-allergic rhinitis effect of caffeoylxanthiazonoside isolated from fruits of Xanthium strumarium L. in rodent animals
The empty nose syndrome usually is defined by excessive loss of normal nasal tissue and loss of anatomic landmarks, which results in a widely patent airway with excessive crusting (ozena) and easy nasal bleeding and dryness of the nasal mucosa.
Endoscopic view of an "empty nose"
ozaenae produces ozena or atrophic rhinitis, an infection that compromises the nasal epithelium which results in clinic symptoms such as: anosmia, green mucopurulent and fetid exudates, and nose obstruction whose histological findings are consistent with focal areas of squamous metaplasia, damage of the mucosal glands and therefore mucus secretion alteration (7).
Diseno de un metodo molecular para la identificacion especifica de Klebsiella pneumoniae a nivel de subespecie, usando el gen que codifica para la subunidad ribosomal 16S
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