Does lung growth occur when mature lobes are transplanted into children?

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 500-504

  Sritippayawan, Suchada ^a   Keens, Thomas G ^a   Horn, Monica V ^a   MacLaughlin, Eithne F ^a   Barr, Mark L ^a   Starnes, Vaughn A ^a   Woo, Marlyn S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusing capacity of the lung; Lobar lung transplant; Lung growth; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CADAVER DONOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY HEIGHT; CADAVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVING DONORS; LUNG; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PULMONARY DIFFUSING CAPACITY; TISSUE DONORS; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY;

EID: 0036902493     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3046.2002.02041.x     Document Type: Article

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