Seminars in Perinatology
Volume 32, Issue 5 , Pages 367-370 , October 2008

Posttranslational Regulation of Surfactant Protein B Expression

  • Susan Guttentag, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Susan Guttentag, MD, Abramson Research Center 416G, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 3516 Civic Center Blvd., Philadelphia, PA 19104-4318

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doi: 10.1053/j.semperi.2008.08.003

Seminars in Perinatology
Volume 32, Issue 5 , Pages 367-370 , October 2008

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