The Beneficial Effects of Hypercapnia, and the Detrimental Effects of Peroxynitrite, in Chronic Neonatal Lung Injury

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is a chronic neonatal lung injury (CNLI) affecting infants of < 32 weeks gestation, which has a significant associated morbidity and mortality. The hallmarks of BPD as seen in the current era are arrested alveologenesis and parenchymal thickening. Those most sever...

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Main Author: Masood, Azhar
Other Authors: Tanswell, Keith
Language:en_ca
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/31857