Bronchial elastic fibers in normal subjects and asthmatic patients

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 153, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1648-1654

  Bousquet, Jean ^a   Lacoste, Jean Yves ^a   Chanez, Pascal ^a   Vic, Patrice ^a   Godard, Philippe ^a   Michel, François Bernard ^a  

^a HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTIN; EOSIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; ORCEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTIC FIBER; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0029878790     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.153.5.8630616     Document Type: Article

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