Article
Genetic and epidemiological risk factors in the development of bronchopulmonary dysplasia.
Disease markers - 1 Jan 2010
Mailaparambil Beena, Krueger Marcus, Heizmann Ulrike, Schlegel Katharina, Heinze Jessica, Heinzmann Andrea
Abstract excerpt
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is the chronic lung disease of preterm infants and still represents a major burden of prematurity. Several clinical risk factors for the onset of the disease are already known. In addition, some candidate genes have recently been identified. We set out to determine clinical as well as genetic risk factors for the development of BPD in the German population. 155 infants born with a...
Topics
- Base Sequence
- Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
- DNA Primers
- Germany
- Humans
- Infant, Newborn
- Infant, Premature
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Risk Factors