Morpho-functional analysis of lung tissue in mild interstitial edema

American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Volumn 282, Issue 4 26-4, 2002, Pages

  Conforti, Elena ^a   Fenoglio, Carla ^b   Bernocchi, Graziella ^a   Bruschi, Ombretta ^b   Miserocchi, Giuseppe A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Basement membranes; Extracellular matrix; Fibrillar collagen; Fluid accumulation; Gas diffusion; Proteoglycans; Thin and thick portions of the air blood barrier; Top and bottom lung regions

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXTRAVASCULAR FLUID; GAS DIFFUSION; HEMATOCRIT; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG VOLUME; LUNG WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THICKNESS;

EID: 0036082609     PISSN: 10400605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00313.2001     Document Type: Article

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