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Abstract
A pulmonary surfactant associated-protein that plays an essential role in alveolar stability by lowering the surface tension at the air-liquid interface. Inherited deficiency of pulmonary surfactant-associated protein B is one cause of RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN.
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- Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Protein SP-B
- SP-B Protein
- SP-B Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Protein
- Surfactant Protein SP-B
- Pulmonary Surfactant Associated Protein B
- Pulmonary Surfactant Associated Protein SP B
- SP B Protein
- SP B Pulmonary Surfactant Associated Protein
- Surfactant Protein SP B
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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, drug effects, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, ultrastructure, urine.
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History Note
2003; use PULMONARY SURFACTANT-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN B (NM) 1989-2002
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- Proteolipids (1989-2002)
- Pulmonary Surfactants (1989-2002)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Protein B. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D037701. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D037701
- Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Protein B. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7259542