From: The Treatment of Vasomotor Rhinitis With Intranasal Corticosteroids
 | Patients | |||||||||||
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Variables | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
Squamous epithelium | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   I | - | 0 | - | ++ | ++ | 0 | 0 | 0 | +++ | 0 | 0 | - |
   II | + | 0 | 0 | ++ | + | 0 | 0 | ++ | ++ | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goblet cells | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   I | - | ++ | - | + | + | + | +++ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ++ | - |
   II | 0 | ++ | ++ | + | + | + | +++ | 0 | ++ | ++ | + | ++ |
Inflammatory cells in epithelium | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   I | - | 0 | - | + | + | ++ | + | + | + | + | + | - |
   II | 0 | 0 | 0 | + | 0 | ++ | 0 | + | + | + | + | + |
Thickening of the basal lamina | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   I | ++ | ++ | + | + | 0 | ++ | ++ | + | + | + | ++ | + |
   II | ++ | ++ | ++ | + | + | + | ++ | + | + | ++ | + | + |
Eosinophils | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   I | 0 | + | 0 | + | + | + | + | 0 | ++ | + | 0 | 0 |
   II | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | + | 0 | 0 | ++ | + | + | + |
Neutrophils | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   I | 0 | 0 | + | + | + | ++ | + | 0 | + | + | 0 | 0 |
   II | 0 | 0 | + | 0 | ++ | ++ | 0 | 0 | + | + | + | 0 |
Plasma cells | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   I | 0 | + | 0 | + | ++ | + | 0 | 0 | ++ | + | 0 | 0 |
   II | + | ++ | 0 | + | + | + | 0 | 0 | ++ | + | + | 0 |
Lymphocytes | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   I | + | + | + | + | ++ | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
   II | ++ | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | ++ |