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Familial and genetic susceptibility to major neonatal morbidities in preterm twins.
Pediatrics - 1 Jun 2006
Bhandari Vineet, Bizzarro Matthew J, Shetty Anupama, Zhong Xiaoyun, Page Grier P, Zhang Heping, Ment Laura R, Gruen Jeffrey R
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BACKGROUND: Intraventricular hemorrhage, necrotizing enterocolitis, and bronchopulmonary dysplasia remain significant causes of morbidity and mortality in preterm newborns. OBJECTIVES: Our goal was to assess the familial and genetic susceptibility to intraventricular hemorrhage, necrotizing enterocolitis, and bronchopulmonary dysplasia. METHODS: Mixed-effects logistic-regression and latent variable probit model...
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