Lung morphometry and collagen and elastin content: Changes during normal development and after prenatal hormone exposure in sheep

Pediatric Research

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 615-625

  Willet, Karen E ^a   McMenamin, Paul ^b   Pinkerton, Kent E ^c   Ikegami, Machiko ^d   Jobe, Alan H ^d   Gurrin, Lyle ^a   Sly, Peter D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; COLLAGEN; ELASTIN; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLLAGEN METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; FETUS; FETUS LUNG MATURATION; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP;

AGING; ANIMALS; BETAMETHASONE; COLLAGEN; ELASTIN; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; LUNG; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; REFERENCE VALUES; SHEEP; THYROXINE;

EID: 0032931829     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: 15300447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-199905010-00002     Document Type: Article

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