Elemental content of airway surface liquid from infants with cystic fibrosis

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 10-14

  Hull, Jeremy ^a   Skinner, William ^b   Robertson, Colin ^b   Phelan, Peter ^b  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; ELECTROLYTE; INTERLEUKIN 8; SODIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG LAVAGE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHEA;

EID: 0031918382     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.157.1.9703045     Document Type: Article

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