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Respiratory Tract Diseases > Lung Diseases > Respiratory Distress Syndrome > Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn > Hyaline Membrane Disease
Respiratory Tract Diseases > Respiration Disorders > Respiratory Distress Syndrome > Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn > Hyaline Membrane Disease
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities > Infant, Newborn, Diseases > Infant, Premature, Diseases > Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn > Hyaline Membrane Disease

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Hyaline Membrane Disease  

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Note

  • do not confuse with INFANTILE SYSTEMIC HYALINOSIS see HYALINE FIBROMATOSIS SYNDROME

Scope note

  • A respiratory distress syndrome in newborn infants, usually premature infants with insufficient PULMONARY SURFACTANTS. The disease is characterized by the formation of a HYALINE-like membrane lining the terminal respiratory airspaces (PULMONARY ALVEOLI) and subsequent collapse of the lung (PULMONARY ATELECTASIS).

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D006819

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