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Table 7 Microscopic Investigation Before (I) and After (II) Treatment

From: The Treatment of Vasomotor Rhinitis With Intranasal Corticosteroids

 

Patients

Variables

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

Squamous epithelium

            

   I

-

0

-

++

++

0

0

0

+++

0

0

-

   II

+

0

0

++

+

0

0

++

++

0

0

0

Goblet cells

            

   I

-

++

-

+

+

+

+++

0

0

0

++

-

   II

0

++

++

+

+

+

+++

0

++

++

+

++

Inflammatory cells in epithelium

            

   I

-

0

-

+

+

++

+

+

+

+

+

-

   II

0

0

0

+

0

++

0

+

+

+

+

+

Thickening of the basal lamina

            

   I

++

++

+

+

0

++

++

+

+

+

++

+

   II

++

++

++

+

+

+

++

+

+

++

+

+

Eosinophils

            

   I

0

+

0

+

+

+

+

0

++

+

0

0

   II

0

0

0

0

0

+

0

0

++

+

+

+

Neutrophils

            

   I

0

0

+

+

+

++

+

0

+

+

0

0

   II

0

0

+

0

++

++

0

0

+

+

+

0

Plasma cells

            

   I

0

+

0

+

++

+

0

0

++

+

0

0

   II

+

++

0

+

+

+

0

0

++

+

+

0

Lymphocytes

            

   I

+

+

+

+

++

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

   II

++

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

++