Mucus quality on horse tracheal epithelium: Microscopic grading based on transparency

Respiration Physiology

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 67-74

  Gerber, V ^a   Gehr, P ^a   Straub, R ^a   Frenz, M ^a   King, M ^a   Im Hof, V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

mammals, horse; mucus, mucociliary clearance; upper airways, mucus clearance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORSE; MAMMAL; MUCUS SECRETION; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; TRACHEA MUCUS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

ANIMALS; EPITHELIUM; HORSES; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MUCOCILIARY CLEARANCE; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; MUCUS; TRACHEA;

EID: 0030895788     PISSN: 00345687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-5687(96)02503-0     Document Type: Article

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