Pleural function and lymphatics

Acta Physiologica

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 244-259

  Negrini, D ^a   Moriondo, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diaphragmatic lymphatics; Pleural fluid absorption; Pleural fluid turnover; Pleural lymphatic network

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; ASBESTOS;

ASBESTOSIS; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; CELL RENEWAL; DIAPHRAGM; FIBROSIS; FLUID FLOW; HEART FUNCTION; INHALATION; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLE; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG EXTRAVASCULAR FLUID; LUNG INTERSTITIUM; LUNG PRESSURE; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHATIC STOMA; MEDIASTINUM; MESOTHELIUM CELL; MORPHOLOGY; PLEURA; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; REVIEW; SEROSAL FIBROSIS; THORAX WALL; TISSUE ELASTICITY; TRANSCYTOSIS; VASCULARIZATION; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; PLEURA; PLEURAL CAVITY;

EID: 84872190718     PISSN: 17481708     EISSN: 17481716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apha.12016     Document Type: Review

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