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Respiratory failure in a term infant with cis and trans mutations in ABCA3.
Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association - 1 Mar 2015
Jackson T, Wegner D J, White F V, Hamvas A, Cole F S, Wambach J A
Abstract excerpt
A full-term female neonate presented with persistent respiratory failure and radiologic studies consistent with surfactant deficiency. Sequencing of the ATP-binding cassette transporter A3 gene (ABCA3) revealed three mutations: R280C, V1399M and Q1589X. The infant underwent bilateral lung transplantation at 9 months of age and is alive at 3 years of age. Parental sequencing demonstrated that two of the mutations...
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