title: [Mosaicism of the upper respiratory tract epithelium in liquidators of the Chernobyl accident].
abstract: On the basis of findings from the structural analysis of 21 nasal mucosa biopsy specimens of patients with chronic rhinitis including 12 participants in liquidation of the consequences of the Chernobyl accident using morphometric methods, signs of morphofunctional insufficiency of the nasal epithelium are verified. Mechanisms of this phenomenon development are discussed.
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Gichka
authors.forename: V P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Tereshchenko
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Poliakova
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Samuseva
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Naumenko
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D008889:Military Personnel; D009030:Mosaicism / Q000473:pathology*; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000473:pathology* / Q000528:radiation effects; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011210:Power Plants; D018788:Radioactive Hazard Release; D012220:Rhinitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D014455:Ukraine