The sex difference in fetal lung surfactant production

Exp Lung Res. 1987;12(1):1-19. doi: 10.3109/01902148709068811.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Female
  • Gonadal Steroid Hormones / physiology
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Lung / embryology*
  • Lung / metabolism
  • Pregnancy
  • Pulmonary Surfactants / biosynthesis*
  • Pulmonary Surfactants / genetics
  • Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn / embryology
  • Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn / metabolism*
  • Sex Characteristics*

Substances

  • Gonadal Steroid Hormones
  • Pulmonary Surfactants