Does airway inflation stretch the bronchial mucosal membrane?

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2059-2060

  Gunst, Susan J ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ASTHMA; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BRONCHOSPASM; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; EDITORIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BRONCHI; ELASTICITY; INHALATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PULMONARY VENTILATION; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SWINE;

EID: 28044474078     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00961.2005     Document Type: Editorial

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