Collagen content of alveolar wall tissue in emphysematous and non-emphysematous lungs

Thorax

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 319-326

  Lang, M R ^a   Fiaux, G W ^a   Gillooly, M ^a   Stewart, J A ^a   Hulmes, D J S ^a   Lamb, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; HYDROXYPROLINE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLLAGEN METABOLISM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG ALVEOLUS WALL; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

EID: 0028270358     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.49.4.319     Document Type: Article

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