Microvascular hyperpermeability in COPD airways [1]

Thorax

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 882-

  Minakata, Y ^a   Nakanishi, M ^a   Hirano, T ^a   Matsunaga, K ^a   Yamagata, T ^a   Ichinose, M ^a  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

AGED; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

AGED; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MICROCIRCULATION; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 26944467575     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2005.045765     Document Type: Letter

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