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Partial deficiency of surfactant protein B in an infant with chronic lung disease.
Pediatrics - 1 Dec 1995
Ballard P L, Nogee L M, Beers M F, Ballard R A, Planer B C, Polk L, deMello D E, Moxley M A, Longmore W J
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate components of pulmonary surfactant and identify mutations in the surfactant protein B gene (SP-B) of a term infant with severe respiratory distress and chronic lung disease. PATIENT AND TESTING: Respiratory distress developed in an infant delivered at term, and he required extracorporeal bypass support for 2 weeks. Until his unexpected death at 9.5 months, he was ventilator and oxygen...
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