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Preferred term

Pulmonary Surfactants  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Entry terms

  • Pulmonary Surfactant
  • Surfactant, Pulmonary
  • Surfactants, Pulmonary

Scope note

  • Substances and drugs that lower the SURFACE TENSION of the mucoid layer lining the PULMONARY ALVEOLI.

History note

  • 87; was PULMONARY SURFACTANT 1971-86 (Prov 1971-72)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D011663

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