Useful models of asthma need to properly phenotype airway narrowing

American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1272-

  Hantos, Zoltan ^a   Lundblad, Lennart ^b   Bates, Jason ^b   Irvin, Charles ^b   Sly, Peter ^c   Mitzner, Wayne ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AIRWAY CONSTRICTION; ASTHMA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREATHING PATTERN; DNA METHYLATION; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG FUNCTION; MEASUREMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SPLEEN CELL;

EID: 82755165203     PISSN: 10441549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1165/ajrcmb.45.6.1272     Document Type: Letter

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