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Airway structure

Known as: airway structures, Airways, breathing passages 
The part of the respiratory system between the nose or mouth and the lungs.
National Institutes of Health

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Airway HemangiomaDeprecated Condition indicating eligibility for illness or injury registryRespiration

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BronchiBronchiolesLarynxNose

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Respiratory SystemRespiratory tract structure

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2015
2015
Can thoracic gas volume be measured in infants with airways obstruction?
Thoracic gas volume (Vtg) was measured in a whole-body, infant plethysmograph in 46 infants with recurrent wheezing after… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Double-blind trial with increasing doses of salbutamol and terbutaline aerosols in patients with reversible airways obstruction.
Abstract In a double-blind trial we have tested the effects of inhaling increasing doses of salbutamol and terbutaline aerosol… 
1997
1997
Progress in the Chronotherapy of Nocturnal Asthma
Bronchial asthma is a chronic airways disease. Symptoms include dyspnea, wheezy chest, cough, and fatigue. It is seldom a problem… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Comparison of relaxation induced by glyceryl trinitrate, isosorbide dinitrate, and sodium nitroprusside in bovine airways.
Nitrates are generally regarded as bronchial smooth muscle relaxants. However, reports about the clinical efficacy of the… 
1987
1987
Acute bronchiolitis in infancy. The relationship to later recurrent obstructive airways disease.
Fifty-one infants admitted to hospital because of acute bronchiolitis were followed until 2 years of age. Sixty per cent had… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Bacteria associated with obstructive pulmonary disease elaborate extracellular products that stimulate mucin secretion by explants of guinea pig airways.
Certain cell-free filtrates from broth cultures of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Hemophilus influenzae and Streptococcus pneumoniae… 
1986
1986
Dose-response effects of methacholine in normal and in asthmatic subjects. Relationship between the site of airway response and overall airway hyperresponsiveness.
We examined the dose-response curves to methacholine in 6 normal subjects and 13 asthmatics by simultaneous assessment of… 
1985
1985
Pathologic changes in the small airways of the guinea pig after amosite asbestos exposure.
To determine whether asbestos dust produces pathologic changes in the small airways, and to determine where the anatomic lesions… 
1985
1985
Effective sites by sympathetic beta-adrenergic and vagal nonadrenergic inhibitory stimulation in constricted airways.
In an attempt to identify the site and nature of nonadrenergic inhibitory nervous regulation in airways, we studied the relative… 
1979
1979
Proliferation of lung and airway cells induced by nitrogen dioxide.
Proliferation of lung cells of Chinese hamsters was examined in several regions of the lung parenchyma and ciliated airway…