Nasal pH and saccharin clearance are unrelated in the physiologically normal nose.
A group of 56 asymptomatic non-smoking men was prospectively recruited to study the relationship between nasal mucosal pH and saccharin clearance rate. No significant relationship was found between the two variables (Pearson correlation coefficient = -.105, p = 0.44). This finding suggests that in vivo mucociliary flow rates are resistant to change within the pH range of the physiologically normal nose.
England
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Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Bradford Royal Infirmary, W. Yorkshire, United Kingdom.
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Homer
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Martin-Hirsch
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D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008297:Male; D009079:Mucociliary Clearance; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D012220:Rhinitis / Q000503:physiopathology; D012439:Saccharin / Q000378:metabolism*
D012439:Saccharin