Fetal airway smooth-muscle contractility and lung development: A player in the band or just someone in the audience?

American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 3-6

  Nakamura, Kenneth T ^a,b   McCray Jr , Paul B ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

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EID: 0033879609     PISSN: 10441549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1165/ajrcmb.23.1.f188     Document Type: Review

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