Bronchopulmonary dysplasia: Where have all the vessels gone? Roles of angiogenic growth factors in chronic lung disease

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 978-985

  Thébaud, Bernard ^a   Abman, Steven H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Children's Hospital Colorado   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Lung injury; Newborn; Nitric oxide; Oxygen

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENIC FACTOR; NITRIC OXIDE; SEMAXANIB; VASCULOTROPIN;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ANGIOGENESIS; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; HEMODYNAMIC STRESS; HUMAN; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG ALVEOLUS WALL; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG CAPILLARY; LUNG CIRCULATION; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; LUNG DYSPLASIA; LUNG STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; BRONCHOPULMONARY DYSPLASIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUNG; MORPHOGENESIS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; RECEPTORS, VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR; STEM CELLS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 34248384848     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200611-1660PP     Document Type: Review

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