Why babies don't drown at birth?

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 97, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1324-1326

  Olver, Richard ^a,c   Walters, Dafydd ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adrenoceptor gene; Epinephrine; Foetus; Lung; Sodium channel

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CATECHOLAMINE; CYCLIC AMP; ISOXSUPRINE; LUNG SURFACTANT; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CHLORIDE TRANSPORT; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ELECTROLYTE TRANSPORT; FETUS LUNG; GENETIC CODE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LABOR; LUNG FLUID; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR GENE; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; TACHYPNEA; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

DROWNING; EPITHELIUM; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUNG; PULMONARY EDEMA; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN;

EID: 51349165392     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2008.00954.x     Document Type: Note

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