<it>Surfactant protein B </it>polymorphisms are associated with severe respiratory syncytial virus infection, but not with asthma

<it>Surfactant protein B </it>polymorphisms are associated with severe respiratory syncytial virus infection, but not with asthma

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Surfactant proteins (SP) are important for the innate host defence and essential for a physiological lung function. Several linkage and association studies have investigated the genes coding for different surfactant proteins in the c...

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Main Authors: Heinzmann Andrea, Heinze Jessica, Forster Johannes, Puthothu Beena, Krueger Marcus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-05-01
Series:BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2466/7/6

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