Examination of function and structure of respiratory cilia o adult patients suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

Abstract

To investigate and compare nasal and bronchial ciliary beat frequency, degree of nasal and bronchial ciliary dyskinesia, presence of ciliary akinesia and incidence of spinocellular metaplasia in the both mucosa localities among of stable COPD patients.

Keywords

• Nasal mucosa
• bronchial mucosa
• COPD
• ciliary study
• ciliary beat frequency
• ciliary akinesia
• spinocellular metaplasia