The importance of maturational studies in airway smooth muscle

American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Volumn 289, Issue 6 33-6, 2005, Pages

  Ford, Lincoln E ^a   Gilbert, Susan H ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHALASIN D; METHACHOLINE;

AIRWAY; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CELL MATURATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ASTHMA; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; LUNG; MUSCLE, SMOOTH;

EID: 27944443284     PISSN: 10400605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00328.2005     Document Type: Editorial

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