Expression of Laminins in the Airways in Various Types of Asthmatic Patients: A Morphometric Study

American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 482-488

  Altraja, Alan ^b   Laitinen, Annika ^b   Virtanen, Ismo ^b   Kämpe, Mary ^b   Simonsson, Bo G ^b   Karlsson, Sven Erik ^b   Håkansson, Lena ^b   Venge, Per ^b   Sillastu, Heinart ^b   Laitinen, Lauri A ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONCHUS;

LAMININ;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BIOPSY; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRONCHUS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ASTHMA; BIOPSY; BRONCHI; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAMININ; MALE;

EID: 0030267704     PISSN: 10441549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1165/ajrcmb.15.4.8879182     Document Type: Article

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