Dynamically determined contractile states of airway smooth muscle

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 5 III, 1998, Pages

  Raboudi, Soufia Helioui ^a   Miller, Brett ^a   Butler, James P ^a   Shore, Stephanie A ^a   Fredberg, Jeffrey J ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREATHING MECHANICS; BREATHING MUSCLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TONE; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY;

EID: 0031759793     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.158.supplement_2.13tac150     Document Type: Conference Paper

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