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The incidence and characteristics of neonatal irreversible lung dysplasia

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Abstract

A 3-year retrospective study of 173 neonates treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in the United Kingdom identified 9 cases of irreversible lung dysplasia, including alveolar capillary dysplasia (n = 5), surfactant protein B deficiency (n = 1), pulmonary hypoplasia (n = 1), pulmonary lymphangiectasis (n = 1), and combined lymphangiectasis and hypoplasia (n = 1).

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Author(s): Cassidy J, Smith J, Goldman A, Haynes S, Smith E, Wright C, Haworth S, Davis P, Firmin R, Kasem K, Davis C

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Journal of Pediatrics

Year: 2002

Volume: 141

Issue: 3

Pages: 426-428

ISSN (print): 0022-3476

ISSN (electronic): 1097-6833

Publisher: Mosby, Inc.

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1067/mpd.2002.126602

DOI: 10.1067/mpd.2002.126602

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