Evidence and structural mechanism for late lung alveolarization

American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Volumn 294, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Schittny, Johannes C ^a   Mund, Sonja I ^a   Stampanoni, Marco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Capillary remodeling; Lung development; Septation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; HIGH RESOLUTION SYNCHROTRON RADIATION X RAY TOMOGRAPHIC MICROSCOPY; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG CAPILLARY; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG STRUCTURE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEREOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; CAPILLARIES; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 39149114409     PISSN: 10400605     EISSN: 15221504     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00296.2007     Document Type: Article

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