| Front | Why can recovery from ARDS be complicated by interstitial fibrosis? |
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| Back | Type II pneumocytes are damaged or destroyed during a cycle of ARDS. Type II pneumocytes are the stem cells of the lungs. Without these cells, we get repair (fibrosis) of lung tissue and not regeneration of the damaged cells. |
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