Vitamin D deficiency causes deficits in lung function and alters lung structure

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 183, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1336-1343

  Zosky, Graeme R ^a,b   Berry, Luke J ^a,b   Elliot, John G ^c   James, Alan L ^c   Gorman, Shelley ^a,b   Hart, Prue H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lung function; Lung structure; Mouse model; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; CHEST WALL OSCILLATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG STRUCTURE; LUNG VOLUME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE STRUCTURE; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; LUNG; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; ORGAN SIZE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 79956224720     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201010-1596OC     Document Type: Article

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