Is fetal thoracic compression really the underlying mechanism of lung hypoplasia in oligohydramnios? An experimental study in a rabbit model

European Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 80-83

  Kizilcan, F ^a   Karnak, I ^a   Cahit Tanyel, F ^a   Buyukpamukcu N ^a   Hicsonmez A ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fetus; Hypoplasia; Lung; Oligohydramnios

Indexed keywords

AMNION FLUID; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; LUNG HYPOPLASIA; NONHUMAN; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERITONEAL CAVITY; RABBIT;

EID: 0030855166     PISSN: 09397248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1071059     Document Type: Article

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