Wilson-Mikity syndrome

Wilson-Mikity syndrome

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Name = Wilson-Mikity syndrome


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In paediatrics, Wilson-Mikity syndrome is a rare lung condition that affect low birth weight babies.cite journal |author=Lehman DH |title=The Wilson-Mikity syndrome. Case report and review of literature |journal=Calif Med |volume=111 |issue=4 |pages=298–304 |year=1969 |month=October |pmid=5388332 |pmc=1503650 |doi= |url=http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/pagerender.fcgi?artid=1503650]

It was characterized in 1960.cite journal |author=Wilson MG, Mikity VG |title=A new form of respiratory disease in premature infants |journal=AMA J Dis Child |volume=99 |issue= |pages=489–99 |year=1960 |month=April |pmid=13845104 |doi= |url=]

It is closely related to bronchopulmonary dysplasia.cite journal |author=Hodgman JE |title=Relationship between Wilson-Mikity syndrome and the new bronchopulmonary dysplasia |journal=Pediatrics |volume=112 |issue=6 Pt 1 |pages=1414–5 |year=2003 |month=December |pmid=14654617 |doi= |url=http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=14654617]

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