Combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema: An experimental and clinically relevant phenotype [3]

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1605-1606

  Lundblad, Lennart K A ^a   Thompson Figueroa, John ^a   Leclair, Timothy ^a   Sullivan, Michael J ^a   Poynter, Matthew E ^a   Irvin, Charles G ^a   Bates, Jason H T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTACOID; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; MACROPHAGE ELASTASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASCULOTROPIN;

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; EMPHYSEMA; FIBROSIS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG VOLUME; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 30444440452     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 1073449X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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