BIOSYNTHESIS OF LUNG SURFACTANT DURING FETAL AND EARLY POSTNATAL-DEVELOPMENT

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ROONEY, SA
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[1] Seamus A. Rooney is at the Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510
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10.1016/0968-0004(79)90423-7
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
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Recent data suggest that biosynthesis of lung surfactant in the fetus is under multiple hormonal control. These findings have important clinical applications since insufficient surfactant at birth is believed to be the cause of the Respiratory Distress Syndrome in newborn infants. © 1979.
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