Greater airway narrowing in immature than in mature rabbits during methacholine challenge

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2637-2643

  Shen, X ^b   Bhargava, V ^b   Wodicka, G R ^b   Doerschuk, C M ^b   Gunst, S J ^b   Tepper, R S ^a  

^a RILEY HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

airway morphometry; airway reactivity; maturation

Indexed keywords

METHACHOLINE;

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSPASM; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMPEDANCE; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG STRUCTURE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RABBIT; TRACHEA PRESSURE;

EID: 0030480653     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1996.81.6.2637     Document Type: Article

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