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Clinical features and genetic analysis of surfactant protein C in adult-onset familial interstitial pneumonia.
Respirology (Carlton, Vic.) - 1 Jan 2006
Setoguchi Yasuhiro, Ikeda Tomomi, Fukuchi Yoshinosuke
Abstract excerpt
Familial cases of interstitial pneumonia (FIP) have been reported to be linked to mutations of the surfactant protein C (SP-C) gene. Based on this knowledge, we evaluated the characteristics of patients with adult-onset FIP in the Tokyo area using clinical and radiopathological findings, and further evaluated the genetic background of patients with FIP compared with sporadic IP patients using genetic sequencing...
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