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Failure of elastin development in hypoplastic lungs associated with oligohydramnios: an electronmicroscopic study
Author(s) -
HAIDAR A.,
RYDER T.A.,
WIGGLESWORTH J.S.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
histopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.626
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1365-2559
pISSN - 0309-0167
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2559.1991.tb00881.x
Subject(s) - oligohydramnios , elastin , pulmonary hypoplasia , hypoplasia , pathology , lung , fetus , medicine , staining , anatomy , biology , pregnancy , genetics
Pulmonary hypoplasia associated with oligohydramnios results in delayed maturation of fetal lung as assessed at light microscope level. Using an elastin‐specific electron‐microscopic staining technique, we report absent elastic tissue development in the septal crests of these lungs even at term.