Assessment of peripheral airway function following chronic allergen challenge in a sheep model of asthma

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  van der Velden, Joanne ^a   Barker, Donna ^a   Barcham, Garry ^a   Koumoundouros, Emmanuel ^a,b   Snibson, Kenneth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b The University of Melbourne   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; METHACHOLINE; ALLERGEN; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE;

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHOSCOPY; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LUNG LAVAGE; NONHUMAN; PROVOCATION TEST; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SENSITIZATION; SHEEP; ANIMAL; CELL SEPARATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; EOSINOPHIL; IMMUNOLOGY; LUNG; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PYROGLYPHIDAE;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CELL SEPARATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; LUNG; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE; PYROGLYPHIDAE; SHEEP;

EID: 83155167590     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028740     Document Type: Article

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