Human alveolar fractal dimension in normal and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease subjects

Research Communications in Molecular Pathology and Pharmacology

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 221-230

  Witten, Mark L ^a,b   Tinajero, Julieta P ^a   Sobonya, Richard E ^b   Lantz, R Clark ^b   Quart, Stuart F ^b   Lernen, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG ALVEOLUS; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; CHILD; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; FRACTALS; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031417832     PISSN: 10780297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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