Airway smooth muscle: An architect of the lung?

Thorax

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 541-545

  Jesudason, E C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS THERMOPLASTY; CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; HYPOTHESIS; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATORY POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; STEM CELL;

EID: 67449083621     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2008.107094     Document Type: Review

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