Is adrenomedullin involved in the pathophysiology of persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn?

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 24-26

  Kamata, Shinkichi ^a   Kamiyama, Masahumi ^a   Usui, Noriaki ^a   Kitayama, Yasuhiro ^a   Okuyama, Hirohomi ^b   Kubota, Akio ^b   Kangawa, Kenji ^c  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Osaka Medical College   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenomedullin; Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation of the lung; Congenital diaphragmatic hernia; Misalignment of pulmonary vessels with alveolar capillary dysplasia; Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn

Indexed keywords

ADRENOMEDULLIN; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC ADENOMATOID MALFORMATION; DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; INTESTINE ATRESIA; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SURVIVAL; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UMBILICAL VEIN; BLOOD; CAPILLARY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; FOLLOW UP; LUNG ALVEOLUS; PERSISTENT FETUS CIRCULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PULMONARY ARTERY; VASCULARIZATION;

ADRENOMEDULLIN; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; CAPILLARIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CYSTIC ADENOMATOID MALFORMATION OF LUNG, CONGENITAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA, DIAPHRAGMATIC; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINAL ATRESIA; PEPTIDES; PERSISTENT FETAL CIRCULATION SYNDROME; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; PULMONARY ARTERY; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; UMBILICAL VEINS;

EID: 2942607303     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-003-1071-9     Document Type: Article

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