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Sex hormones determine the permanent effects of perinatal hypoxia on the pulmonary circulation

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Abstract

Unlike hypoxia in adulthood, hypoxia in the perinatal period has permanent effects on the pulmonary circulation (Am Rev Respir Dis 1: 619, 1990). Because sensitivity to chronic hypoxia in adults differs between sexes, we tested the hypothesi