THE absence of fibrinolytic enzyme activity in the A lungs of newborn infants succumbing to hyaline-membrane disease was recently reported. 1 This enzyme abnormality was manifested by an inability of ...

Connective tissue provides the framework and support for tissues throughout the body, including bones, muscles, blood vessels, and organs. It consists of a variety of proteins, such as collagen and ...

Connective tissue diseases can be genetic or autoimmune. Symptoms may vary by disease and can include pain and fatigue. Each disease has its own treatment options. Connective tissue holds the cells of ...

Seventy infants who had clinical hyaline-membrane disease as neonates were followed from two to five years with repeated physical examinations and x-ray films of the chest. Nineteen of them had such ...