The role of thyroid and steroid hormones in maturation of the adreline-sensitive reabsorptive mechanism of the fetal lung

Around the time of birth, the lung switches from a secretory- to a liquid absorptive organ to enable the fetus to transit from an intra-uterine to an air-breathing environment. This study concerns hormonal control of the liquid reabsorptive mechanism in the fetal lung which allows this transition to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Barker, Pierre M
Other Authors: Strang, L B
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2018
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27185