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News Physiol Sci 8: 249-253, 1993;
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News in Physiological Sciences, Vol 8, 249-253, Copyright © 1993 by International Union of Physiological Sciences

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Pulmonary Blood-Gas Barrier: A Physiological Dilemma

JB West and O Mathieu-Costello

The blood-gas barrier needs to be extremely thin for gas exchange, but also immensely strong because the capillary wall stresses become very high during exercise. Failure of the barrier causes high-permeability pulmonary edema or hemorrhage. Avoiding stress failure poses a challenging problem for some animals.




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