MeSH definition : 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).;
MeSH annotation : do not confuse with INFANTILE SYSTEMIC HYALINOSIS see HYALINOSIS, SYSTEMIC; do not confuse with INFANTILE SYSTEMIC HYALINOSIS see HYALINE FIBROMATOSIS SYNDROME;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyaline membrane disease;
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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