Vascular and basement membrane remodelling in smokers and COPD

A. Soltani, D. Reid, S. S. Sohal, H. K. Muller, S. Weston, R. Wood-Baker, E. H. Walters (Hobart, Australia)

Source: Annual Congress 2009 - Highlighting the epithelial cell in lung disease: from COPD to cancer to acute lung injury
Session: Highlighting the epithelial cell in lung disease: from COPD to cancer to acute lung injury
Session type: E-Communication Session
Number: 408
Disease area: Airway diseases

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