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. 1991 May;18(5):471-3.
doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.1991.tb00881.x.

Failure of elastin development in hypoplastic lungs associated with oligohydramnios: an electronmicroscopic study

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Failure of elastin development in hypoplastic lungs associated with oligohydramnios: an electronmicroscopic study

A Haidar et al. Histopathology. 1991 May.

Abstract

Pulmonary hypoplasia associated with oligohydramnios results in delayed maturation of fetal lung as assessed at light microscope level. Using an elastin-specific electron-microscopic staining technique, we report absent elastic tissue development in the septal crests of these lungs even at term.

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