Neutrophil mediated muscle injury of the diaphragm

Excessive loading, as seen in chronic respiratory diseases and experimentally produced by tracheal banding (TB) may result in injury to the myofibres of the diaphragm and hypercapnic ventilatory failure. Neutrophils (PMNs) are primary inflammatory cells that migrate to an area of injury in order...

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Main Author: Samrai, Baljit
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/9747

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