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Surfactant protein C mutations in sporadic forms of idiopathic interstitial pneumonias.
The European respiratory journal - 1 Jan 2007
Markart P, Ruppert C, Wygrecka M, Schmidt R, Korfei M, Harbach H, Theruvath I, Pison U, Seeger W, Guenther A, Witt H
Abstract excerpt
Interstitial pneumonias have recently been associated with mutations in the gene encoding surfactant protein C (SFTPC). In particular, SFTPC mutations have been reported in a number of familial forms of pulmonary fibrosis and in infants with interstitial lung diseases. The present study searched for SFTPC mutations in adult patients with sporadic idiopathic interstitial pneumonia. In total, 35 adult patients with...
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