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Original Article

Racial Differences in Allelic Distribution at the Human Pulmonary Surfactant Protein B Gene Locus (SP-B)

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Pages 489-494 | Received 27 Sep 1995, Accepted 29 Feb 1996, Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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