Myeloperoxydase activity in the pathogenesis of cholesteatoma


Celebi O., Paksoy M., Aydin S., Sanli A., Tasdemir O., Gul A. E.

INDIAN JOURNAL OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY AND HEAD & NECK SURGERY, vol.62, no.1, pp.32-35, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of myeloperoxydase (MPO) in bone destruction in patients of chronic otitis media (COM) with cholesteatoma by immtino-histochemical staining and to conclude the possible relationship between bone destruction in patients with cholesteatoma accompanied with COM and MPO activity.