Intraalveolar bubbles and bubble films: II. Formation in vivo through adulthood

Anatomical Record

Volumn 246, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 245-270

  Scarpelli, Emile M ^a,d   Mautone, Alan J ^b   Defouw, David O ^b   Clutario, Bella C ^c  

^a Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Blythedale Children's Hospital   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alveolar bubbles in vivo; Alveolar size and shape; Alveolar surface network; Alveolar surface tension; Alveolar ductal stability; Function of lung bubble films; Structure of surfactant films; Surfactant bubbles in situ

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG ALVEOLUS SURFACE TENSION; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; LUNG WEIGHT; MICROSCOPY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

AGE FACTORS; AIR; ANIMALS; ATELECTASIS; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; LUNG; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; MICROSCOPY; ORGAN SIZE; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; PULMONARY EDEMA; PULMONARY SURFACTANTS; RABBITS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0029798034     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199610)246:2<245::AID-AR12>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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