Morphometric analysis of postnatal lung development in the tammar wallaby: Light microscopy

Respiration Physiology

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 325-337

  Runciman, S I C ^a   Baudinette, R V ^c   Gannon, B J ^a   Lipsett, J ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Development, postnatal lung; Marsupials, tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii); Morphometry, postnatal lung

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG VOLUME; MARSUPIAL; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOMETRICS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY WEIGHT; LUNG; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; MACROPODIDAE; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 0031824306     PISSN: 00345687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-5687(98)00034-6     Document Type: Article

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