"Turbinates" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The scroll-like bony plates with curved margins on the lateral wall of the NASAL CAVITY. Turbinates, also called nasal concha, increase the surface area of nasal cavity thus providing a mechanism for rapid warming and humidification of air as it passes to the lung.
| Descriptor ID |
D014420
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A02.835.232.781.324.948 A04.531.898
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| Concept/Terms |
Turbinates- Turbinates
- Turbinate
- Nasal Concha
- Nasal Conchas
- Conchae Nasales
- Conchae Nasale
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Turbinates" by people in Profiles.
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Borgmann-Winter KE, Wang HY, Ray R, Willis BR, Moberg PJ, Rawson NE, Gur RE, Turetsky BI, Hahn CG. Altered G Protein Coupling in Olfactory Neuroepithelial Cells From Patients With Schizophrenia. Schizophr Bull. 2016 Mar; 42(2):377-85.
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Lazar SP, Lukaszewicz JM, Persad KA, Reinhardt JF. Rhinocerebral Mucor circinelloides infection in immunocompromised patient following yogurt ingestion. Del Med J. 2014 Aug; 86(8):245-8.
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Charleston L, Strabbing R, Cooper W. Is sinus disease the cause of my headaches? An update on sinus disease and headache. Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2014 Jun; 18(6):418.
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Eloy JA, Friedel ME, Eloy JD, Mirani NM, Liu JK. Bilateral olfactory fossa respiratory epithelial adenomatoid hamartomas. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2011 Aug; 137(8):820-2.
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Pereira ME, Macri NP, Creasy DM. Evaluation of the rabbit nasal cavity in inhalation studies and a comparison with other common laboratory species and man. Toxicol Pathol. 2011 Aug; 39(5):893-900.
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Siegel GJ, Seiberling KA, Haines KG, Haines KG, Aguado AS. Office CO2 laser turbinoplasty. Ear Nose Throat J. 2008 Jul; 87(7):386-90.
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Shaari J, Palmer JN, Chiu AG, Judy KD, Cohen AS, Kennedy DW, Cohen NA. Regional analysis of sinonasal ciliary beat frequency. Am J Rhinol. 2006 Mar-Apr; 20(2):150-4.