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DeCS
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Descriptor English:
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Hyaline Membrane Disease
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Descriptor Spanish:
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enfermedad de membranas hialinas
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Doença da Membrana Hialina
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Synonyms English:
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Disease, Hyaline Membrane
Diseases, Hyaline Membrane
Hyaline Membrane Diseases
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Tree Number:
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C08.381.842.475
C08.618.842.475
C16.614.521.563.475
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Definition English:
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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). |
Indexing Annotation English:
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do not confuse with INFANTILE SYSTEMIC HYALINOSIS see HYALINOSIS, SYSTEMIC
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See Related English:
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Hyalinosis, Systemic
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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6971
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Unique Identifier:
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D006819
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Occurrence in VHL:
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Similar:
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DeCS
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