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Association of pulmonary surfactant protein A (SP-A) gene and respiratory distress syndrome: interaction with SP-B.
Pediatric research - 1 Feb 1998
Kala P, Ten Have T, Nielsen H, Dunn M, Floros J
Abstract excerpt
Deficiency of the lipoprotein complex, surfactant, can lead to respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) in the prematurely born infant. The surfactant proteins (SP) play important roles in the function of surfactant. Previously, we have characterized four allelic variants of the SP-A1 gene (6A, 6A2, 6...
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