Effect of bronchial thermoplasty on airway distensibility

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 277-282

  Brown, R H ^a   Wizeman, W ^b   Danek, C ^b   Mitzner, W ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Asthmatx   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway smooth muscle; Airway structure; Asthma; Lung mechanics

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY CONDUCTANCE; AIRWAY CONSTRICTION; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL THERMOPLASTY; BRONCHOSCOPY; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; INHALATION; LUNG INFLATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION;

ANIMALS; BRONCHI; BRONCHOSCOPY; CATHETER ABLATION; DOGS; LUNG COMPLIANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

EID: 23144456194     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.05.00006605     Document Type: Article

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