Antenatal retinoic acid does not alter alveolization or postnatal lung function in preterm sheep

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 101-107

  Willet, K E ^a   Jobe, A H ^b   Ikegami, M ^a   Newnham, J ^c   Sly, P D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alveolization; Foetal lung maturation; Preterm delivery; Respiratory distress syndrome; Surfactant pool size

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; RETINOIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FETUS LUNG; FETUS LUNG MATURATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG VOLUME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL ORGAN MATURITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; LIVER; LUNG; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; SHEEP; TRETINOIN; VITAMIN A;

EID: 0033910882     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3003.2000.16a18.x     Document Type: Article

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