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Review
. 2011 Dec;11(6):615-8.
doi: 10.7861/clinmedicine.11-6-615.

Acute lung injury

Dhruv Parekh  1 , Rachel C Dancer, David R Thickett
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Review

Acute lung injury

Dhruv Parekh et al. Clin Med (Lond). 2011 Dec.
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Figures

Fig 1.
Fig 1.
(a) The normal alveolus (left) and the injured alveolus (right) in the acute phase of acute lung injury (ALI) and the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS); (b) mechanisms important in the resolution of ALI and ARDS. ATPase = adenosine triphosphatase; ENaC = epithelial sodium channel; IL = interleukin; MIF = macrophage inhibitory factor; PAF = platelet activating factor; TNF = tumour necrosis factor. Reproduced with permission from the New England Journal of Medicine.
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