Increase of inactive intra-alveolar surfactant subtypes in lungs of asthmatic Brown Norway rats

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 442, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 56-65

  Schmiedl, A ^a,c   Hoymann, H G ^b   Ochs, M ^c   Menke, A ^b   Fehrenbach, A ^c   Krug, N ^b   Tschernig, T ^a   Hohlfeld, J M ^a,b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR TOXICOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asthma induction; Lung; Rat; Stereology; Surfactant

Indexed keywords

LUNG SURFACTANT; OVALBUMIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFLAMMATION; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEREOLOGY;

EID: 0037279756     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-002-0720-z     Document Type: Article

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