Bronchial Mucus Properties in Lung Cancer: Relationship with Site of Lesion

OBJECTIVE: To compare the biophysical properties of mucus from the left and right mainstem bronchi in patients undergoing diagnostic bronchoscopy because of a unilateral radiological abnormality. It was hypothesized that abnormalities in the properties of mucus would be greater on the side with the...

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Main Authors: J Gustavo Zayas, Bruce K Rubin, Ernest L York, Dale C Lien, Malcolm King
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 1999-01-01
Series:Canadian Respiratory Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1999/459084
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Summary:OBJECTIVE: To compare the biophysical properties of mucus from the left and right mainstem bronchi in patients undergoing diagnostic bronchoscopy because of a unilateral radiological abnormality. It was hypothesized that abnormalities in the properties of mucus would be greater on the side with the lesion and that this would be most obvious in patients with unilateral lung cancer.
ISSN:1198-2241