| Description |
xiii, 451 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Series |
Clinical physiology series |
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Clinical physiology series.
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| Contents |
1. Lung Branching Morphogenesis: Role of Growth Factors and Extracellular Matrix / Richard Keyzer and Martin Post -- 2. Development of Lung Elastic Matrix / Thomas J. Mariani and Richard A. Pierce -- 3. Differentiation and Maturation of Airway Epithelial Cells: Role of Extracellular Matrix and Growth Factors / Dominique Gaillard and Edith Puchelle -- 4. Gene Expression in Alveolar Development / Jacques R. Bourbon -- 5. Lung Development and Pulmonary Angiogenesis / Peter H. Burri -- 6. Development of the Pulmonary Vasculature / Nicholas W. Morrell, Mary C. M. Weiser and Kurt R. Stenmark -- 7. Nitric Oxide and Endothelin in the Developing Pulmonary Circulation: Physiologic and Clinical Implications / Steven H. Abman, John P. Kinsella and Jean-Christophe Mercier -- 8. Development of Cellular Host Defense Mechanisms / Sergei P. Sorokin, Richard F. Hoyt, Jr. and Nancy A. F. McNelly |
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9. Development of Lung Epithelial Ion Transport: Implications for Neonatal Lung Disease / Olli Pitkanen and Hugh O'Brodovich -- 10. Mechanisms of Cell Growth and Tissue Repair / Annick Clement and Jerome S. Brody -- 11. Bioactive Peptides and Lung Development / Mary E. Sunday -- 12. Transgenic Models of Lung Development and Disease / Thomas R. Korfhagen and Jeffrey A. Whitsett -- 13. Nutritional Aspects of Lung Development / Masendu Kalenga, Claude Gaultier and Peter H. Burri -- 14. Pulmonary Hypoplasia: Role of Mechanical Factors in Prenatal Lung Growth / Richard Harding and Cheryl Albuquerque -- 15. Pulmonary Antioxidant Defense Mechanisms / Ronald L. Morton and Carl W. White -- 16. Lung Development After Transplantation / Sheila G. Haworth and Alison A. Hislop |
| Notes |
Published for the American Physiological Society by Oxford University Press |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Lungs -- Differentiation.
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Lungs -- Growth.
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Lung -- growth & development.
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Lung -- embryology.
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Lung -- physiopathology.
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| Author |
Bourbon, Jacques R.
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Gaultier, C. (Claude)
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Post, Martin, 1952-
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American Physiological Society (1887- )
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| LC no. |
98044090 |
| ISBN |
0195112784 (alk. paper) |
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