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Evidence from twin study implies possible genetic susceptibility to bronchopulmonary dysplasia.
Seminars in perinatology - 1 Jun 1996
Parker R A, Lindstrom D P, Cotton R B
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To investigate the possibility that susceptibility to bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is affected by genetic factors, we analyzed risk factors for BPD in 108 twin pairs of infants having birth weight < or = 1,500 g. When BPD occurred in a first born twin (n = 23), it also occurred in 65% (n = 15) of the second born twins, and when BPD did not occur in the first twin (n = 85), it only occurred in 8% (n = 7) of...
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