Pulmonary artery structural changes in pulmonary hypertension complicating congenital diaphragmatic hernia

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 387-390

  Yamataka, T ^a,b   Puri, P ^a,b  

^a Our Lady's Hosp for Sick Children ^*

^b OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

arterial adventitia; arterial media; Congenital diaphragmatic hernia; persistent pulmonary hypertension; pulmonary artery

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; COLLAGEN;

ADVENTITIA; ARTERY DIAMETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; LUNG PARENCHYMA; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; TUNICA MEDIA; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0030909782     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3468(97)90587-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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