Decreased subepithelial microvasculature observed by high magnification bronchovideoscope in the large airways of smokers

Internal Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 1579-1583

  Yamada, Gen ^a   Shijubo, Noriharu ^b   Kitada, Junya ^a   Takahashi, Mamoru ^a   Otsuka, Mitsuo ^a   Fujii, Masaru ^a   Takahashi, Hiroki ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Sapporo General Hospital of Hokkaido Railway Company   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Cigarette smoker; Subepithelial microvessels

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; MALE; MICROANGIOPATHY; MICROVASCULATURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; SMOKING HABIT; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRONCHI; BRONCHOSCOPY; CONNEXINS; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROVESSELS; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; TRACHEA; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 56349101680     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.47.1205     Document Type: Article

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