Morphometry and allometry of the postnatal marsupial lung development: An ultrastructural study

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 138, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 309-324

  Burri, P H ^a   Haenni, B ^a   Tschanz, S A ^a   Makanya, A N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Allometry, parenchymal volume; Development, postnatal lung remodelling; Marsupials, quokka wallaby (Setonix brachyurus); Morphometry, marsupial, lung

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GROWTH RATE; INTERSTITIUM; KANGAROO; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL TYPE 1; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL TYPE 2; LUNG CAPILLARY; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; LUNG DIFFUSION; LUNG ENDOTHELIUM; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG VOLUME; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SETONIX BRACHYURUS;

EID: 0242438671     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1569-9048(03)00197-6     Document Type: Article

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