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ATP-binding cassette transporter A3 (ABCA3) mutation in a late preterm with respiratory distress syndrome.
Indian pediatrics - 1 Jul 2014
Panigrahy Nalinikant, Poddutoor Preetham Kumar, Chirla Dinesh Kumar
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BACKGROUND: Surfactant protein abnormalities are rare causes of respiratory distress syndrome. CASE CHARACTERISTICS: A late preterm (36 wks) who presented with respiratory distress syndrome. OBSERVATION: He was found to be a homozygous for a G to T transversion at the first base in intron 24, of ABCA3 gene which is necessary for lamellar body formation and surfactant production. OUTCOME: He died of severe...
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