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Pulmonary surfactant and respiratory infections
11st Phthisio-Pneumological Clinic, University of Rome, Carlo Forlanini Hospital, Italy.
Respiration; International Review of Thoracic Diseases
|January 1, 1989
Abstract:
The main data concerning the defensive role of pulmonary surfactant and respiratory infections are reported on the basis of recent knowledge on this topic. The opportunity to reintegrate the altered surfactant (in an exogenous way or by means of pharmacological agents) is also stressed.