Effects of Mild Vitamin A Deficiency on Lung Maturation in Newborn Rats: A Morphometric and Morphologic Study

Objective: To evaluate the effects of a 60% vitamin A deficiency (VAD) on the two postnatal stages of lung development: alveolarization and microvascular maturation. Lungs from deficient rats were compared to age-matched controls. Study Design: Starting at 3 weeks before mating, female rats were mai...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Biology of the neonate 2004-01, Vol.86 (4), p.259-268
Hauptverfasser:	Frey, Gaby, Egli, Evelyne, Chailley-Heu, Bernadette, Lelièvre-Pégorier, Martine, Burri, Peter H., Bourbon, Jacques, Tschanz, Stefan A.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals Animals, Newborn - growth & development Biological and medical sciences Body Weight Capillaries - anatomy & histology Delivery. Postpartum. Lactation Female General and cellular metabolism. Vitamins Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics Lung - anatomy & histology Lung - blood supply Lung - growth & development Medical sciences Metabolic diseases Microscopy, Electron Original Paper Other nutritional diseases (malnutrition, nutritional and vitamin deficiencies...) Pharmacology. Drug treatments Pulmonary Alveoli - anatomy & histology Pulmonary Alveoli - blood supply Rats Rats, Sprague-Dawley Vitamin A - blood Vitamin A Deficiency - complications
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