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Heritability of bronchopulmonary dysplasia, defined according to the consensus statement of the national institutes of health.
Pediatrics - 1 Sept 2008
Lavoie Pascal M, Pham Chandra, Jang Kerry L
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OBJECTIVE: The goal was to determine the magnitude of genetic effects on susceptibility and risk factors for bronchopulmonary dysplasia by using the clinically validated National Institutes of Health consensus definition as a demonstrated proxy for long-term respiratory and neurodevelopmental outcomes in extremely low birth weight infants. METHODS: We analyzed clinical data from twin pairs born at </=30 completed...
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