Lung Density Changes With Growth and Inflation

BACKGROUND: With body growth from childhood, the lungs can enlarge by either increasing the volume of air in the periphery (as would occur with inspiration) or by increasing the number of peripheral acinar units. In the former case, the lung tissue density would decrease with inflation, whereas in t...

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Published in:Chest
Main Authors: Brown, Robert H., Wise, Robert A., Kirk, Gregory, Drummond, M. Bradley, Mitzner, Wayne
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American College of Chest Physicians 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4594629/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25996948
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1378/chest.15-0264
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