Clinical Study
Radioactive Merano SPA Treatment for Allergic Rhinitis Therapy
Table 5
The table compares the results of cytological analysis according to Wilcoxon test in the patients who followed thermal water therapy and mometasone nasal spray. Regarding the thermal water therapy group, the sample of patients allowed getting significant data about ciliated cells, goblet cells, neutrophils, and eosinophils. The mean of each type of cell per microscopic field is shown, considering the whole group of 46 patients. Ciliated cells increased, from a mean of 30 to 33.47; goblet cells (considering also the standard deviation, here not reported) remain stable (from 28 to 29,5); neutrophils almost halve (); eosinophils decrease from a mean of 0,26 to 0.065 (). Regarding the cytological exam of 36 patients treated by mometasone there were significant outcomes concerning ciliated cells and goblet cells. In particular, the mean of ciliated cells per field increased from 25,71 to 30; the mean of goblet cells decreased from 30 to 27,14.
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