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Cerebropulmonary dysgenetic syndrome.
Experimental and molecular pathology - 1 Oct 2008
Shanklin D Radford, Mullins Amanda C, Baldwin Heather S
Abstract excerpt
Ventilatory treatment of neonatal respiratory distress often results in bronchopulmonary dysplasia from congenital surfactant deficiency due to mutants of transporter protein ABCA3. Association of this condition with other severe disorders in premature newborns has not heretofore been reported. A neonatal autopsy included an in vivo whole blood sample for genetic testing. Autopsy revealed severe interstitial...
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