Cigarette-smoking is associated with reduced airway compliance and increased volume fraction of extracellular matrix in human bronchi

R. Jones, A. James, H. Mitchell, A. Cairncross, J. Elliot, P. McFawn, P. Noble (Perth, Australia)

Source: Annual Congress 2013 –Airway smooth muscle and cell biology
Session: Airway smooth muscle and cell biology
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 573
Disease area: Airway diseases

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