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[Genetic basis in chronic interstitial familial pneumopathy. Familial study of SFTPC].
La Pediatria medica e chirurgica : Medical and surgical pediatrics - 1 Jan 2000
Somaschini Marco, Cavazza Alessandra, Riva Silvia, Sassi Isabella, Carrera Paola
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the gene encoding surfactant protein C (SP-C) SFTPC have been found to be associated with chronic interstitial lung disease. A 5-year-old girl oxygen dependent from birth and affected by interstitial lung disease (ILD) is heterozygous for a T to C change in exon 3 resulting in the substitution of threonine for isoleucine at codon 73 (173T), already described in association with ILD. We studied 25...
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