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Surfactant Metabolism Dysfunction and Childhood Interstitial Lung Disease (chILD).
The Ulster medical journal - 1 Jan 2009
McFetridge Lynne, McMorrow Aoife, Morrison Patrick J, Shields Michael D
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Surfactant deficiency and the resultant respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) seen in preterm infants is a major cause of respiratory morbidity in this population. Until recently, the contribution of surfactant to respiratory morbidity in infancy was limited to the neonatal period. It is now recogn...
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