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Effect of Cilia Beat Frequency on Muco-ciliary Clearance

BACKGROUND: The airway surface liquid (ASL), which is a fluid layer coating the interior epithelial surface of the bronchi and bronchiolesis, plays an important defensive role against foreign particles and chemicals entering lungs. OBJECTIVE: Numerical investigation has been employed to solve two-lay...

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Autores principales: Sedaghat, M.H., Shahmardan, M.M., Norouzi, M., Heydari, M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Journal of Biomedical Physics and Engineering 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5219577/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28144596