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Morphometric analysis of the pulmonary vessels in premature neonates

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In premature neonates with the respiratory distress syndrome the vessels of the pulmonary arterial system show stereotypical changes: dystonia with the predominance of vasoconstriction, a thickened muscular layer, and a narrowed lumen. A morphometric index is proposed: the coefficient of nonuniformity of the medial thickness of the vascular wall, which reflects a structural reorganization of the pulmonary vessels in different pathological processes.

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  1. Institute of Regional Pathology and Pathomorphology, Siberian Division of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Novosibirsk

    G. I. Nepomnyashchikh, E. M. Malkova & L. M. Nepomnyashchikh

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  1. G. I. Nepomnyashchikh
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Translated fromByulleten' Eksperimental'noi Biologii i Meditsiny, Vol. 118, No 9, pp. 311–314, September, 1994

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Nepomnyashchikh, G.I., Malkova, E.M. & Nepomnyashchikh, L.M. Morphometric analysis of the pulmonary vessels in premature neonates. Bull Exp Biol Med 118, 1014–1018 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02445801

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