Early Human Development
Volume 86, Issue 2 , Pages 99-105 , February 2010

Antenatal fetal VEGF therapy to promote pulmonary maturation in a preterm rabbit model

  • A. Debeer

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Surgical Technologies, Faculty of Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
    • University Hospitals Leuven, Department of Women and Child, Leuven, Belgium
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Herestraat 49, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium. Tel.: +32 16 343211; fax: +32 16 343209.
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  • L. Sbragia

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Surgical Technologies, Faculty of Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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  • K. Vrancken

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Surgical Technologies, Faculty of Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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  • A. Hendriks

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Surgical Technologies, Faculty of Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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  • X. Roubliova

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Surgical Technologies, Faculty of Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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  • J. Jani

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Surgical Technologies, Faculty of Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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  • G. Naulaers

      Affiliations

    • University Hospitals Leuven, Department of Women and Child, Leuven, Belgium
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  • P. Carmeliet

      Affiliations

    • Vesalius Research Center, VIB, Leuven, Belgium
    • Vesalius Research Center, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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  • J. Deprest

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Surgical Technologies, Faculty of Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
    • University Hospitals Leuven, Department of Women and Child, Leuven, Belgium

Received 4 November 2009 ,Revised 18 January 2010 ,Accepted 31 January 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2010.01.025

Early Human Development
Volume 86, Issue 2 , Pages 99-105 , February 2010

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