Are bronchioles fueling burning alveoli in lung fibrosis?

Respiration

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 277-278

  Crestani, Bruno ^a,b  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GELATINASE B; MATRILYSIN;

BRONCHIOLE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG CIRCULATION; LUNG FIBROSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE;

BRONCHIOLES; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; IDIOPATHIC INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIAS; LUNG; PULMONARY ALVEOLI;

EID: 77949262967     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000268621     Document Type: Editorial

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