Branching properties of the pulmonary arterial tree during pre- and postnatal development

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 179-189

  Frey, Urs ^a   Hislop, Alison ^b   Silverman, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development, infants; Histology, arteriogram, pulmonary circulation; Mammals, humans; Pulmonary circulation, arteriogram

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY; LUNG CIRCULATION; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; MALE; NEWBORN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE FACTORS; ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINEAR MODELS; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; MALE; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; PULMONARY ARTERY; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY;

EID: 1442360064     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2003.09.010     Document Type: Article

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