Greater velocity and magnitude of airway narrowing in immature than in mature rabbit lung explants

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1728-1733

  Duguet, Alexandre ^b   Wang, Chong Gang ^b   Gomes, Rute ^b   Ghezzo, Heberto ^b   Eidelman, David H ^b   Tepper, Robert S ^a  

^a RILEY HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Airway; Explants; Lungs; Rabbit; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

METHACHOLINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSPASM; ELASTICITY; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; LUNG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; SHEAR STRESS;

EID: 0035509148     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.164.9.2011045     Document Type: Article

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