Meconium has no lecithin or sphingomyelin but affects the lecithin/sphingomyelin ratio

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 179, Issue 6 I, 1998, Pages 1640-1642

  Longo, S A ^a   Towers, C V ^a   Strauss, A ^a   Asrat, T ^a   Freeman, R K ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lecithin; Meconium; Sphingomyelin

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; SPHINGOMYELIN;

AMNION FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FETUS LUNG; FETUS LUNG MATURATION; HUMAN; LECITHIN SPHINGOMYELIN RATIO; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; MECONIUM; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032429146     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(98)70038-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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