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Respiratory syncytial virus infection and chronic respiratory morbidity - is there a functional or genetic predisposition?
Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) - 1 Nov 2012
Drysdale Simon B, Milner Anthony D, Greenough Anne
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UNLABELLED: A systematic literature review has been undertaken. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) in infancy is associated with chronic respiratory morbidity. Premorbid abnormal lung function may predispose to RVS LRTI in prematurely born infants. CONCLUSION: Single-nucleotide polymorphisms in genes coding for IL-8, IL-19, IL-20, IL-13 mannose-binding lectin, IFNG and a...
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