Animal models of airway hyperresponsiveness

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 217-218

  Said, S I ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

AIRWAY CONSTRICTION; AIRWAY DYNAMICS; DISEASE MODEL; GUINEA PIG; LETTER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS;

EID: 58849099089     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00131008     Document Type: Letter

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