Does the disease state influence the responsiveness of human airways studied in vitro?

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2211-2216

  Armour, Carol L ^a   McKay, Karen O ^b   Johnson, Peter R A ^b   Glanville, Alan R ^b   Black, Judith L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

acetylcholine; airway responsiveness; electrical field stimulation; histamine; isoproterenol; levcromakalim; transplantation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; HISTAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY; ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030054369     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1996.80.6.2211     Document Type: Article

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