Genetic Variants of Surfactant Proteins A, B, C, and D in Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia

Genetic Variants of Surfactant Proteins A, B, C, and D in Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia

BPD_28D (O2 dependency at 28 days of life) and BPD_36W (O2 dependency at 36 wks post-menstrual age) are diseases of prematurely born infants exposed to mechanical ventilation and/or oxygen supplementation. In order to determine whether genetic variants of surfactant proteins (SPs-A, B, C, and D) and...

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Main Authors: J. Pavlovic, C. Papagaroufalis, M. Xanthou, W. Liu, R. Fan, N. J. Thomas, I. Apostolidou, E. Papathoma, E. Megaloyianni, S. DiAngelo, J. Floros
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2006-01-01
Series:Disease Markers
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2006/817805

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