Wilson-Mikity syndrome
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| Wilson-Mikity syndrome Classification and external resources | |
| ICD-10 | P27.0 |
|---|---|
| ICD-9 | 770.7 |
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Overview
In pediatrics, Wilson-Mikity syndrome is a rare lung condition that affect low birth weight babies.[1]
It was characterized in 1960.[2]
It is closely related to bronchopulmonary dysplasia, differing mainly in the lack of prior ventilatory support. All the initial patients described with Wilson-Mikity syndrome were very low birth weight infants that had no history of mechanical ventilation and yet developed a syndrome that clinically resembled BPD. Upon the death of some of these infants, autopsies showed histologic changes also similar to those seen in BPD.[3]
References
- ↑ URL: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/pagerender.fcgi?artid=1503650. Accessed on: July 2, 2007.
- ↑ Wilson MG, Mikity VG (April 1960). "A new form of respiratory disease in premature infants". AMA J Dis Child 99: 489–99. PMID 13845104.
- ↑ Hodgman JE (December 2003). "Relationship between Wilson-Mikity syndrome and the new bronchopulmonary dysplasia". Pediatrics 112 (6 Pt 1): 1414–5. doi:10.1542/peds.112.6.1414. PMID 14654617.
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