Anatomy and bronchoscopy of the porcine lung: A model for translational respiratory medicine

American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 334-343

  Judge, Eoin P ^a   Hughes, J M Lynne ^b   Egan, Jim J ^a   Maguire, Michael ^c   Molloy, Emer L ^c   O'Dea, Shirley ^c  

^a MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Lung; Porcine; Respiratory; Translational

Indexed keywords

BRONCHOSCOPY; LUNG; PORCINE; RESPIRATORY; TRANSLATIONAL;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BIOPSY; BRONCHI; BRONCHOSCOPY; CARTILAGE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENOME; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LUNG; RESPIRATION; SWINE; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

EID: 84906882858     PISSN: 10441549     EISSN: 15354989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2013-0453TR     Document Type: Review

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