Alterations of alveolar type II cells and intraalveolar surfactant after bronchoalveolar lavage and perfluorocarbon ventilation. An electron microscopical and stereological study in the rat lung

Respiratory Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Rüdiger, Mario ^a,b   Wendt, Sebastian ^c   Köthe, Lars ^c   Burkhardt, Wolfram ^b   Wauer, Roland R ^a   Ochs, Matthias ^c,d  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROCARBON; LUNG SURFACTANT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIQUID VENTILATION; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; RAT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; FLUOROCARBONS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LIQUID VENTILATION; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; PULMONARY SURFACTANTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 34447127475     PISSN: 14659921     EISSN: 1465993X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1465-9921-8-40     Document Type: Article

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