| MP term: | increased wet-to-dry lung weight ratio |
| Synonym: | increased wet lung weight |
| MP id: | MP:0011163 |
| Definition: | an increase in the ratio of wet lung weight (measured immediately after lung excision) to oven-dried lung weight relative to control samples; may reflect an inability to expel remaining amniotic fluid out of the lungs during or shortly after birth, or increased fluid accumulation (pulmonary edema) and/or tissue damage after lung injury |
| Number of paths to term: | 1 |
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Mouse Genome Database (MGD), Gene Expression Database (GXD), Mouse Tumor Biology (MTB), Gene Ontology (GO), MouseCyc |
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