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Respiratory distress syndrome: evaluation of genetic susceptibility and protection by transmission disequilibrium test.
Human genetics - 1 Sept 2001
Haataja R, Marttila R, Uimari P, Löfgren J, Rämet M, Hallman M
Abstract excerpt
Based on epidemiological data and genetic association studies, neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) is a complex disease with a multigenic background. The genes coding for surfactant proteins (SP) A and B have been assigned as the most likely genes in the etiology of RDS. The major factor predisposing to RDS is prematurity, and thus the phenotype of a very premature newborn infant that does not develop...
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