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Surfactant protein-B polymorphisms and mortality in the acute respiratory distress syndrome.
Critical care medicine - 1 Sept 2008
Currier Paul F, Gong Michelle N, Zhai Rihong, Pothier Lucille J, Boyce Paul D, Xu Lilian, Yu Chu-Ling, Thompson B Taylor, Christiani David C
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OBJECTIVE: To determine whether polymorphisms of the surfactant protein B gene may be associated with increased mortality in patients with the acute respiratory distress syndrome. DESIGN: A prospective cohort study. SETTING: Four adult intensive care units at a tertiary academic medical center. PATIENTS: Two hundred fourteen white patients who had met criteria for acute respiratory distress syndrome....
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