Viscoelastic properties of canine tracheal mucus: Effects of structural inhomogeneities and storage

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 259-264

  Tippe, A ^a   Korbel, R ^a   Ziesenis, A ^a   Heyder, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Canines; Magnetic rheometry; Mucus rheology; Tracheobronchial secretions; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FLOW KINETICS; GEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STORAGE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRACHEA MUCUS; VISCOELASTICITY;

ANIMALS; COLD; CRYOPRESERVATION; DOGS; ELASTICITY; MAGNETICS; MALE; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; MUCUS; TRACHEA;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 0031801578     PISSN: 00365513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365519850186652     Document Type: Article

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