Airway smooth muscle orientation in intraparenchymal airways

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 70-77

  Lei, M ^a   Ghezzo, H ^a   Chen, M F ^a   Eidelman, D H ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

angle of orientation; cats; human; morphometry

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHOSPASM; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHUS MUSCLE; CAT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0031029625     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1997.82.1.70     Document Type: Article

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