You are tending to an infant who was born just after only 28 weeks of gestation. The infant exhibits bluish coloration of the skin and has rapid, shallow breathing indicative of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) . RDS results in preterm infants due to the lack of which of the following phospholipid classes normally generated by lung alveolar cells?
A) cardiolipin
B) phosphatidylcholine
C) phosphatidylethanolamine
D) phosphatidylinositol
E) phosphatidylserine
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