Evolution and development of gas exchange structures in Mammalia: The placenta and the lung

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 173, Issue SUPPL., 2010, Pages

  Mess, Andrea M ^a   Ferner, Kirsten J ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chorioallantoic; Eutheria; Mammals; Placenta lung; Pre and postnatal phases; Rodents; Ruminants

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; FETUS BLOOD; LUNG; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; MAMMAL; MATERNAL BLOOD; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PLACENTA; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; OXYGEN; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE;

EID: 77955653672     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2010.01.005     Document Type: Review

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