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A clinicopathological study was carried out on 50 low birth weight neonates. Pulmonary pathology accounted for 21 deaths. The pathological lesions consisted of pneumonia (congenital and bronchopneumonial), massive pulmonary haemorrhage and hyaline membrane disease.
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From the Department of Pathology, Lady Hardinge Medical College, and the Kalavati Saran Children’s Hospital, New Delhi, I.
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Maheshwari, H.B., Anand, S. Pulmonary lesions in low birth weight babies. Indian J Pediatr 38, 47–53 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02753859
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