Mucus transportability: The bovine trachea and frog palate models compared

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 837-841

  Wills, P J ^a   Pritchard, K ^a   Cole, P J ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bovine; Frog; Mucociliary clearance; Osmolarity; Sputum

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; FROG; MODEL; MUCOCILIARY CLEARANCE; MUCUS; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; PALATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPUTUM; TRACHEA;

ANIMALS; ANURA; CATTLE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MUCOCILIARY CLEARANCE; MUCUS; PALATE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; TRACHEA;

EID: 0031722513     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.98.12040837     Document Type: Article

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