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Long-term consequences of compensatory lung growth

W M Thurlbeck1, C Langston

  • 1Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

Journal of Applied Physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985)
|June 1, 1989
PubMed
Summary

Pneumonectomy in young rabbits triggers significant compensatory lung growth, including new alveoli, persisting into adulthood. However, this lung growth was incomplete compared to controls.

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