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Nasopharynx

Known as: Rhinopharynges, Nph, Rhinopharynx 
The top portion of the pharynx situated posterior to the nose and superior to the SOFT PALATE. The nasopharynx is the posterior extension of the… 
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Pharyngeal structure

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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Development of a Respiratory Virus Panel Test for Detection of Twenty Human Respiratory Viruses by Use of Multiplex PCR and a Fluid Microbead-Based Assay
ABSTRACT Virology laboratories historically have used direct fluorescent-antibody assay (DFA) and culture to detect six or seven… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Impact of the rapid diagnosis of influenza on physician decision-making and patient management in the pediatric emergency department: results of a randomized, prospective, controlled trial.
OBJECTIVE To determine the impact of the rapid diagnosis of influenza on physician decision-making and patient management… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Intranasal Immunization of Mice with a Mixture of the Pneumococcal Proteins PsaA and PspA Is Highly Protective against Nasopharyngeal Carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae
ABSTRACT Acquisition of pneumococci is generally from carriers rather than from infected individuals. Therefore, to induce herd… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Cell-to-Cell Contact as an Efficient Mode of Epstein-Barr Virus Infection of Diverse Human Epithelial Cells
ABSTRACT We show clear evidence for direct infection of various human epithelial cells by Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) in vitro. The… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Aquaporins in complex tissues. II. Subcellular distribution in respiratory and glandular tissues of rat.
The molecular pathways for fluid transport in pulmonary, oral, and nasal tissues are still unresolved. Here we use… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Mutations in the NPH1 locus of Arabidopsis disrupt the perception of phototropic stimuli.
The phototropic response is an important component of seedling establishment in higher plants because it orients the young… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Preliminary observations on the effect of recombinant leukocyte A interferon in homosexual men with Kaposi's sarcoma.
Preliminary clinical trials have shown that both natural and recombinant-DNA-produced human interferons are occasionally capable… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Acute maxillary sinusitis in children.
We sought to correlate the clinical, radiographic, and bacteriologic findings in maxillary sinusitis in 30 children who had both… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Respiratory-tract colonization and a distinctive pneumonia syndrome in infants infected with Chlamydia trachomatis.
To learn if Chlamydia trachomatis causes in young infants a distinctive penumonia characterized by chronic, afebrile course… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Cysts of the Oral Regions
History odontogenic keratocyst (primordial cyst) gingival cyst and midpalatal Raph e cyst of infants gingival cyst of adults… 
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