Glucocorticoid regulation of surfactant components in immature lambs

American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Volumn 273, Issue 5 17-5, 1997, Pages

  Ballard, Philip L ^a,c   Ning, Yue ^a   Polk, Daniel ^b   Ikegami, Machiko ^b   Jobe, Alan H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Betamethasone; Fetal lung maturation; Lung function; Saturated phosphatidylcholine; Surfactant proteins

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PROTEIN; SURFACTANT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FETUS LUNG MATURATION; LAMB; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG VENTILATION; LUNG VOLUME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030724142     PISSN: 10400605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.1997.273.5.l1048     Document Type: Article

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