Lung growth and alveolar multiplication.
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Summary
In human subjects, alveolar multiplication is most rapid in the first few years of life, and appears to slow and perhaps stop by age 8 years, although there is some suggestion that alveolars multiplication may continue until somatic growth stops.
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- 1975-01-01
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Keywords
Lung, Alveolar Wall, Pathology, Hyperplasia, Pulmonary alveolus
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