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Lung disease associated with filamin A gene mutation: a case report.
Journal of medical case reports - 18 Apr 2016
Eltahir Safa, Ahmad Khalid S, Al-Balawi Mohammed M, Bukhamsien Hussien, Al-Mobaireek Khalid, Alotaibi Wadha, Al-Shamrani Abdullah
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Mutations in the gene encoding filamin A (FLNA) lead to diseases with high phenotypic diversity including periventricular nodular heterotopia, skeletal dysplasia, otopalatodigital spectrum disorders, cardiovascular abnormalities, and coagulopathy. FLNA mutations were recently found to be associated with lung disease. In this study, we report a novel FLNA gene associated with significant lung disease...
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