Repairing the Cables of the Lung

American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 287-288

  Kuhn III, Charles ^a,b  

^a MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; ELASTIN;

CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; LUNG ALVEOLUS; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

COLLAGEN; ELASTIN; HUMANS; PULMONARY ALVEOLI;

EID: 0031230697     PISSN: 10441549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1165/ajrcmb.17.3.f139     Document Type: Review

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