Respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) and bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) are major
complications to preterm birth. Hypovitaminosis D is prevalent in pregnancy. We …

Abstract The deficiency of Surfactant Protein B (SPB) in Amniotic Fluid (AF) has been
associated with severe respiratory pathologies in newborns such as respiratory distress …

Background: Detection of surfactant proteins A and D (SP-A and SP-D) in the serum of
patients with pulmonary diseases is thought to reflect an injury of the alveolar epithelial …

Genetic Polymorphisms of SP-A, SP-B, and SP-D and Risk of Respiratory Distress Syndrome
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Objective: To determine whether the SP-B deficiency and gene mutations in exon 4 is
associated with neonatal RDS in China Han ethnic population. Methods: The study …

Background: Respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) is a severe pulmonary disease that
mainly affects preterm neonates. Surfactant-protein genes' polymorphisms have been mostly …

This study aimed to investigate the association between surfactant protein B (SP-B)
polymorphisms and bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) in Chinese Han infants. We …

Background The study of genetic polymorphisms of surfactant-lipids related genes can help
to understand individual variability in the susceptibility to development of pulmonary …

Background: Respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) is a severe pulmonary disease
predominantly affects preterm newborns. Polymorphisms of surfactant-protein genes have …

Objective: To investigate the relationship between Surfactant protein B (SP-B) gene
polymorphisms and bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) development in preterm infants of …