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Compound SFTPB 1549C-->GAA (121ins2) and 457delC heterozygosity in severe congenital lung disease and surfactant protein B (SP-B) deficiency.
Human mutation - 1 Jan 1999
Tredano M, van Elburg R M, Kaspers A G, Zimmermann L J, Houdayer C, Aymard P, Hull W M, Whitsett J A, Elion J, Griese M, Bahuau M
Abstract excerpt
Several human respiratory disorders have been linked to an abnormality of pulmonary surfactant synthesis or turnover. Among those conditions, hereditary deficiency in the hydrophobic surfactant protein B (SP-B) has been recognized as a rare cause of respiratory failure in term newborn infants. Homozygosity for a common mutation (1549C-->GAA, or 121ins2) of the SP-B-encoding gene (SFTPB) results in rapidly fatal...
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