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A pilot, open labelled, randomised controlled trial of hypertonic saline nasal irrigation and gargling for the common cold

There are no antivirals to treat viral upper respiratory tract infection (URTI). Since numerous viruses cause URTI, antiviral therapy is impractical. As we have evidence of chloride-ion dependent innate antiviral response in epithelial cells, we conducted a pilot, non-blinded, randomised controlled...

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Autores principales: Ramalingam, Sandeep, Graham, Catriona, Dove, Jenny, Morrice, Lynn, Sheikh, Aziz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6355924/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30705369
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-37703-3