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Respiratory failure in a term newborn due to compound heterozygous ABCA3 mutation: the case report of another lethal variant.
Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association - 1 Dec 2014
Malý J, Navrátilová M, Hornychová H, Looman A C
Abstract excerpt
Inherited disorders of surfactant metabolism are manifested in neonatal period as a severe respiratory failure not responding to exogenous surfactant administration. We illustrate the case of a term newborn with respiratory failure because of compound heterozygous mutation in adenosine triphosphate-binding cassette transporter A3 (ABCA3)-in exon 24 M1227R and in exon 29 Ins1510fs/ter1519. These mutations of ABCA3...
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