Airway smooth muscle in health and disease; methods of measurement and relation to function

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 782-789

  James, A ^a   Carroll, N ^a  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Morphology; Morphometry; Structure

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BREATHING MUSCLE; BRONCHIECTASIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

ADULT; AGING; ASTHMA; BRONCHI; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034077676     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3003.2000.15d25.x     Document Type: Article

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