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The authors characterized a murine model of regional acid aspiration allowing long-term survival. Despite a partial recovery, at 2 weeks the injury persisted, with evidence of fibrosis and lung compliance reduction. This long-term, low-mortality model seems suitable for assessment of the effects of different therapies on lung injury and repair.
Amigoni et al. (Sun,) studied this question.