Intubation-mediated intratracheal (IMIT) instillation: A noninvasive, lung-specific delivery system

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 93, 2014, Pages

  Lawrenz, Matthew B ^a   Fodah, Ramy A ^a   Gutierrez, Maria G ^a   Warawa, Jonathan ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial pneumonia; Intubation mediated intratracheal (IMIT) instillation; Issue 93; Lower respiratory tract; Medicine; Mouse; Respiratory disease; Therapeutic delivery

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911361088     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/52261     Document Type: Article

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