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Age and Sex of Mice Markedly Affect Survival Times Associated with Hyperoxic Acute Lung Injury.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Prows Daniel R, Gibbons William J, Smith Jessica J, Pilipenko Valentina, Martin Lisa J
Abstract excerpt
Mortality associated with acute lung injury (ALI) remains substantial, with recent estimates of 35-45% similar to those obtained decades ago. Although evidence for sex-related differences in ALI mortality remains equivocal, death rates differ markedly for age, with more than 3-fold increased mortality in older versus younger patients. Strains of mice also show large differences in ALI mortality. To tease out...
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