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. 1928 Jan 1;47(1):51-6.
doi: 10.1084/jem.47.1.51.

COMPENSATORY HYPERTROPHY OF THE LUNG AFTER UNILATERAL PNEUMECTOMY

T Addis  1
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COMPENSATORY HYPERTROPHY OF THE LUNG AFTER UNILATERAL PNEUMECTOMY

T Addis. J Exp Med. .

Abstract

In the albino rat the removal of the left lung, which constitutes about one-third of the total lung tissue, is followed by an average increase of more than 40 per cent in the mass of the remaining lung, as estimated from the nitrogen content of the almost blood-free tissue.

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