1926•Kazan medical journalOpen access
Protective role of the mucous membrane of the upper respiratory tract in terms of local immunity
Olga S. Vasilyeva
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Abstract
Prof. IP Voloshin (West. Rhinolaryngo-otiatry. 1925, No. 1), taking into account the well-known works of Bezredk on local immunity, finds that the protective role of the nasal mucosa and upper respiratory tract is reduced to the development of natural local immunity of these organs than the general immunity of the whole organism is acquired from all microorganisms inhabiting the mucous membrane of these pathways.