Relationship of airway responsiveness with airway morphometry in normal and immunized rabbits

Pulmonary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 75-83

  Woisin, F E ^a,b   Herd, C M ^a,b   Douglas, G J ^a,b   Raynor, K ^a,b   Spina, D ^a,b   Mitchell, H W ^a,b   Page, C P ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Airway remodelling; Airway smooth muscle; Methacholine

Indexed keywords

METHACHOLINE;

AIRWAY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROLEPTANALGESIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SMOOTH MUSCLE; THICKNESS;

EID: 0034978877     PISSN: 10945539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pupt.2000.0265     Document Type: Article

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