Airway smooth muscle in asthma: Flirting with disaster

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1252-1256

  Fredberg, J J ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; HISTAMINE; ISOPRENALINE; LEUKOTRIENE; MYOSIN; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ACTIN FILAMENT; AIRWAY; ASTHMA; BRONCHOSPASM; HUMAN; HYPERPNEA; INFLAMMATION; MUSCLE STRETCHING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; BRONCHI; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; RESPIRATION;

EID: 0032407880     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.98.12061252     Document Type: Review

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