Estimating airway smooth muscle cell volume and number in airway sections: Sources of variability

American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 246-252

  Jones, Robyn L ^a,b   Elliot, John G ^a   James, Alan L ^a,b  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Airway smooth muscle; Morphometry; Stereology; Variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL SIZE; CELL VOLUME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TISSUE SECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; CELL SIZE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893216563     PISSN: 10441549     EISSN: 15354989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2013-0029OC     Document Type: Article

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