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Wilson-Mikiti syndrome

Wilson-Mikiti syndrome (M. G. Wilson, American doctor; V. G. Mikity, American doctor; synonym: pneumonia intersticial mononuclear focal fibroziruyushchy) – a disease of lungs at newborns, mainly premature, owing to an underdevelopment of elastic elements and immaturity of pulmonary fabric, shown constant dry cough, cyanosis, an asthma and characteristic, observed on the roentgenogram of lungs, netting.

 
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