Glycosaminoglycans: Therapeutic opportunities for hyaluronan in respiratory diseases

GIMT - Giornale Italiano delle Malattie del Torace

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 289-296

  Dahl, R ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Asthma; COPD; Hyaluronan; Matrix

Indexed keywords

FIBRONECTIN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; HYALURONIC ACID; PLACEBO; PROTEOGLYCAN;

ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; ASTHMA; BRONCHOSPASM; BURN; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHARYNGITIS; REVIEW; SKIN ULCER; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 70349284611     PISSN: 11270810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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