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Volume 146, Issue 1 , Pages 57-65 , 1 May 2008

Methylprednisolone Fails to Preserve Pulmonary Surfactant and Blood–Air Barrier Integrity in a Porcine Cardiopulmonary Bypass Model

Christian Mühlfeld, M.D.
- Department of Anatomy, Division of Electron Microscopy, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
- Institute of Anatomy, Division of Histology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- These authors contributed equally to this work.
- To whom correspondence and reprint requests should be addressed at University of Berne, Institute of Anatomy, Division of Histology, Baltzerstrasse 2, CH-3000 Bern 9, Switzerland.
Oliver J. Liakopoulos, M.D.
- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
- These authors contributed equally to this work.
Inga-Marie Schaefer, B.M.
- Department of Anatomy, Division of Electron Microscopy, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
Friedrich A. Schöndube, M.D.
- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
Joachim Richter, M.D.
- Department of Anatomy, Division of Electron Microscopy, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
Hilmar Dörge, M.D.
- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany