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The meaning of gravity-induced lung ultrasound score variations

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Gravity-induced loss of aeration and atelectasis development in the preterm lung: a serial sonographic assessment, by Hoshino Y and coworkers. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41372-021-01189-1.

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  1. Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Puerta del Mar University Hospital, Cádiz, Spain

    A. Alonso-Ojembarrena

  2. Research Unit, Biomedical Research and Innovation Institute of Cádiz (INiBICA), Puerta del Mar University Hospital, Cádiz, Spain

    A. Alonso-Ojembarrena

  3. Division of Neonatology, Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Università “Federico II”, Naples, Italy

    F. Raimondi

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Alonso-Ojembarrena, A., Raimondi, F. The meaning of gravity-induced lung ultrasound score variations. J Perinatol 42, 289 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41372-021-01280-7

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