Clara Cells

Encyclopedia of Respiratory Medicine, Four-Volume Set

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 471-478

  Stripp, B R ^a   Reynolds, S D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchiolar epithelium; Epithelial remodeling; Phase I metabolism; Progenitor cell; Secretion

Indexed keywords

EID: 55049083339     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B0-12-370879-6/00080-6     Document Type: Chapter

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