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Aberrant SP-B mRNA in lung tissue of patients with congenital alveolar proteinosis (CAP).
Clinical genetics - 1 May 2000
Lin Z, deMello D E, Batanian J R, Khammash H M, DiAngelo S, Luo J, Floros J
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Mutations in the surfactant protein (SP)-B gene are responsible for SP-B deficiency in congenital alveolar proteinosis (CAP) (Nogee et al. J Clin Invest 1994: 93: 1860-1883; Lin et al. Mol Genet Metab 1998: 64: 25-35; Klein et al. Pediatrics 1998: 132: 244-248; Ballard et al. Pediatrics 1995: 96: 1046-1052). The multigenerational consanguineous pedigree under study does not carry any of the known mutations,...
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