"Lung sparing growth": is the lung not affected by malnutrition?

Insa Korten^{1

2

3}, Jakob Usemann^{1

3}, Philipp Latzin⁴

Affiliations

¹ Pediatric Respiratory Medicine, Dept of Pediatrics, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
² Graduate School for Cellular and Biomedical Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
³ University Children's Hospital Basel (UKBB), Basel, Switzerland.
⁴ Pediatric Respiratory Medicine, Dept of Pediatrics, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland philipp.latzin@insel.ch.

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Insa Korten et al. Eur Respir J. 2017.

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. 2017 Apr 5;49(4):1700295.

doi: 10.1183/13993003.00295-2017. Print 2017 Apr.

Insa Korten^{1

2

3}, Jakob Usemann^{1

3}, Philipp Latzin⁴

¹ Pediatric Respiratory Medicine, Dept of Pediatrics, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
² Graduate School for Cellular and Biomedical Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
³ University Children's Hospital Basel (UKBB), Basel, Switzerland.
⁴ Pediatric Respiratory Medicine, Dept of Pediatrics, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland philipp.latzin@insel.ch.

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Lelijveld N, Kerac M, Seal A, Chimwezi E, Wells JC, Heyderman RS, Nyirenda MJ, Stocks J, Kirkby J. Lelijveld N, et al. Eur Respir J. 2017 Apr 5;49(4):1601301. doi: 10.1183/13993003.01301-2016. Print 2017 Apr. Eur Respir J. 2017. PMID: 28381429 Free PMC article.