The mucus bundles responsible for airway cleaning are retained in cystic fibrosis and by cholinergic stimulation

Anna Ermund, Lauren N. Meiss, Brendan Dolan, Andrea Bähr, Nikolai Klymiuk, Gunnar C. Hansson

Source: Eur Respir J, 52 (2) 1800457; 10.1183/13993003.00457-2018
Journal Issue: August
Disease area: Airway diseases

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