Are biochemical parameters of lung maturation from gastric, tracheal, and pharyngeal aspirates comparable?

Biology of the Neonate

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 356-361

  Rüdiger, Mario ^a   Haupt, Renate ^a   Rüstow, Bernd ^a   Wauer, Roland R ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gastric aspirate; L S ratio; P S ratio; Pharyngeal aspirate; Tracheal aspirate

Indexed keywords

PALMITIC ACID; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; SPHINGOMYELIN; STEARIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; FETUS LUNG MATURATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH; TRACHEA;

GASTRIC JUICE; HUMANS; INFANT; LUNG; PALMITIC ACID; PHARYNX; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PLASMALOGENS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPHINGOMYELINS; STEARIC ACIDS; TRACHEA;

EID: 0031944206     PISSN: 00063126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000013997     Document Type: Article

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