Prenatal hormones alter antioxidant enzymes and lung histology in rats with congenital diaphragmatic hernia

American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 6 16-6, 1997, Pages

  Ijsselstijn, Hanneke ^a   Pacheco, Bella A ^b   Albert, Asteria ^c   Sluiter, Wim ^a   Donahoe, Patricia K ^b   De Jongste, Johan C ^a   Schnitzer, Jay J ^b   Tibboel, Dick ^a  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Artificial ventilation; Glucocorticosteroids; Morphometry; Newborn animal; Thyroid releasing hormone

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; DEXAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; LUNG SURFACTANT; NITROFEN; PROTIRELIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HORMONAL THERAPY; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG COMPLIANCE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0030795631     PISSN: 10400605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.1997.272.6.l1059     Document Type: Article

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