The discovery BPD (D-BPD) program: study protocol of a prospective translational multicenter collaborative study to investigate determinants of chronic lung disease in very low birth weight infants

Table 1 Participating centers and specific projects

Program center	Center objective	Enrollment
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)	Biorepository analysis for D-BPD	N/A
Fundacion INFANT	Data coordinating center for the D-BPD Molecular translation of genetic mutations	N/A
University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)	Laboratory research/Redox biology	N/A
Pontificia Universidade Católica Laboratory of Respiratory Physiology	FOT coordination and analysis	N/A
Clinica y Matenidad Suizo Argentina	Recruitment	104
Sanatorio Otamendi y Miroli	Recruitment	47
Sanatorio de la Trinidad	Recruitment	47
Sanatorio de los Arcos	Recruitment	52
Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires	Recruitment	75

ISSN: 1471-2431