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Editorial
. 2019 Oct 1;317(4):L496-L497.
doi: 10.1152/ajplung.00362.2019. Epub 2019 Sep 11.

Reliably sourced airway mucus

Katherine Joyner  1 , Gregg A Duncan  1   2
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Editorial

Reliably sourced airway mucus

Katherine Joyner et al. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. .
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Comment on

  • Endotracheal tube mucus as a source of airway mucus for rheological study.
    Markovetz MR, Subramani DB, Kissner WJ, Morrison CB, Garbarine IC, Ghio A, Ramsey KA, Arora H, Kumar P, Nix DB, Kumagai T, Krunkosky TM, Krause DC, Radicioni G, Alexis NE, Kesimer M, Tiemeyer M, Boucher RC, Ehre C, Hill DB. Markovetz MR, et al. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2019 Oct 1;317(4):L498-L509. doi: 10.1152/ajplung.00238.2019. Epub 2019 Aug 7. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2019. PMID: 31389736 Free PMC article.

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