Effects of Chinese medicinal herbs on a rat model of chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa lung infection

APMIS

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 350-354

  Song, Zhijun ^a   Johansen, Helle Krogh ^a   Moser, Claus ^a   Høiby, Niels ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chinese herbal pharmacology; Cystic fibrosis; P. aeruginosa; Rats

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HERB; LUNG INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RAT;

EID: 0029998159     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1996.tb00726.x     Document Type: Article

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