Relationship of airway narrowing, compliance, and cartilage in isolated bronchial segments

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 1119-1124

  Noble, P B ^a   Turner, D J ^a   Mitchell, H W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Airway smooth muscle; Asthma

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; AIRWAY DYNAMICS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BREATHING MUSCLE; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CARTILAGINOUS TISSUE; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; ISOLATED ORGAN; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

EID: 0036089787     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00662.2001     Document Type: Article

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