The smooth muscle and airway hyperresponsiveness

European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 9-26

  Terzano, C ^a   Laurendi, G ^a   Capoccetta, G ^a   Rapisarda, M ^a   Pacilio, R ^a   Petroianni, A ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asthma; Bronchial hyperresponsiveness; COPD; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; HISTAMINE; LEUKOTRIENE; METHACHOLINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NITRIC OXIDE; PROSTACYCLIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

AIRWAY CONDUCTANCE; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATATION; BRONCHOSPASM; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CELL MIGRATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; EOSINOPHIL; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENETIC REGULATION; HUMAN; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; LUNG LAVAGE; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT MUCOSA; REVIEW; RHINOVIRUS; SMOOTH MUSCLE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VIRUS LOAD; VITAL CAPACITY;

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ASTHMA; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; VIRUS DISEASES;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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