Rheology of cystic fibrosis sputum after in vitro treatment with hypertonic saline alone and in combination with recombinant human deoxyribonuclease I

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 173-177

  King, Malcolm ^a   Dasgupta, Bonnie ^a   Tomkiewicz, Robert P ^a,b   Brown, Neil E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLOW KINETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; ION TRANSPORT; MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MUCOCILIARY CLEARANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 0030845454     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.156.1.9512074     Document Type: Article

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