Maternal dexamethasone treatment enhances the expression of surfactant apoprotein a in the hypoplastic lung of rabbit fetuses induced by oligohydramnios

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1369-1375

  Asabe, Koushi ^a   Hashimoto, Shuichi ^a   Suita, Sachiyo ^a   Sueishi, Katsuo ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

image analysis; immunohistochemistry; maternal dexamethasone treatment; oligohydramnios; Pulmonary hypoplasia; surfactant apoprotein A

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A; DEXAMETHASONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS WEIGHT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL TYPE 2; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; LUNG HYPOPLASIA; LUNG WEIGHT; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RABBIT;

EID: 0029860079     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3468(96)90831-3     Document Type: Article

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