Eight hours' inhalation of prostacyclin (PGI2) in healthy lambs: Effects on tracheal, bronchial, and alveolar morphology

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1232-1238

  Habler, O ^a,b   Kleen, M ^a,b   Takenaka, S ^c   Leiderer, R ^a   Pusch, R ^a   Welte, M ^a,b   Zwissler, B ^b   Messmer, K ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c National Research Centre for Environment and Health   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Epoprostenol; Toxicity lung

Indexed keywords

PROSTACYCLIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LAMB; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOPODIUM; TIME; TISSUE INJURY; TRACHEA MUCOSA; TRACHEOTOMY;

EID: 0029805666     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01709341     Document Type: Article

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