Rapid in vitro tests of surfactant film formation: Advantages of the Exerowa black film method

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 373-382

  Cordova, Mario ^a   Mautone, Alan J ^b   Scarpelli, Emile M ^a,c  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bubble tests; foam film tests; surfactant black foam films; surfactant foam film formation; surfactant tests; therapeutic surfactants

Indexed keywords

DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; LUNG SURFACTANT; LUNG SURFACTANT EXTRACT; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; PHOSPHOLIPID;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; FILM; FOAM; HYDROPHOBICITY; INTRATRACHEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG LAVAGE; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; FETAL ORGAN MATURITY; LUNG; PULMONARY SURFACTANTS; RABBITS; SURFACE TENSION;

EID: 0029899802     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0496(199606)21:6<373::AID-PPUL5>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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