Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia Early Changes Leading To Long Term Consequences

Neonatal Chronic Lung Disease, i.e. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD) is characterized by impaired pulmonary development. Triggered by different risk factors including infections, hyperoxia and mechanical ventilation of the immature lung, remodeling of the extracellular matrix, apoptosis as well as a...

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Main Author: Anne eHilgendorff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmed.2015.00002/full