Fractal geometry of airway remodeling in human asthma

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 817-823

  Boser, Stacey R ^a   Park, Hannah ^a   Perry, Steven F ^a   Ménache, Margaret C ^a   Green, Francis H Y ^a  

^a Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine ^*

Author keywords

Airway remodeling; Asthma pathology; Fractal dimension; Silicone casts

Indexed keywords

SILASTIC;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUTOPSY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; LUNG STRUCTURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; BRONCHI; FEMALE; FRACTALS; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH;

EID: 25444482347     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200411-1463OC     Document Type: Article

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