Cytologic and biochemical changes associated with inoculation of amniotic fluid and meconium into lungs of neonatal rats

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1636-1641

  Martínez Burnes, Julio ^a   López, Alfonso ^b   Horney, Barbara ^b   MacKenzie, Allan ^b   Brimacombe, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE TAMAULIPAS   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

AMNION FLUID; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; FISCHER 344 RAT; IMMUNOLOGY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MECONIUM; METABOLISM; NEUTROPHIL; NEWBORN; RANDOMIZATION; RAT;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMNIOTIC FLUID; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CELL COUNT; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MECONIUM; NEUTROPHILS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344;

EID: 0035491714     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2001.62.1636     Document Type: Article

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