Frozen objects: Small airways, big breaths, and asthma

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 615-624

  Fredberg, Jeffrey J ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyperresponsiveness; Inflammation; Maturation; Myosin; Respiration; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGY; BRONCHOSPASM; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; HUMAN; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; REVIEW;

EID: 0033791395     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mai.2000.109429     Document Type: Article

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