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Surfactant protein-A gene locus associated with recurrent otitis media.
The Journal of pediatrics - 1 Feb 2001
Rämet M, Löfgren J, Alho O P, Hallman M
Abstract excerpt
Surfactant protein-A, which plays a role in innate host defense in the lung, is also expressed in the Eustachian tube. We report that the frequency of specific surfactant protein-A haplotypes and genotypes differs between children with recurrent otitis media compared with a control population.
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