Congenital acinar dysplasia. Familial cause of a fatal respiratory failure in a neonate

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 88-90

  Al Senan, K ^a   Kattan, Abdulhakiem K ^a   Al Dayel, Fouad H ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUNG SURFACTANT; STEROID;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; LUNG DYSPLASIA; LUNG HYPOPLASIA; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; MORBIDITY; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; THORAX; THORAX MALFORMATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUNG; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0037226479     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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