Heterogeneity of airway hyperresponsiveness: Time for unconventional, but traditional, studies

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2017-2018

  Sterk, Peter J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONCHOCONSTRICTING AGENT; METHACHOLINE; OVALBUMIN;

AIRWAY DYNAMICS; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ALLERGY; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CELL HETEROGENEITY; COMPUTER MODEL; EDITORIAL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIGIDITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; RESEARCH;

EID: 2442684228     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00101.2004     Document Type: Editorial

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