A sensitive defense: Salt and cystic fibrosis

Nature Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 494-495

  Wine, Jeffrey J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE CHANNEL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

CYSTIC FIBROSIS; HUMAN; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; LUNG INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0030914575     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm0597-494     Document Type: Short Survey

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