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A newly identified novel variant in the CSF2RA gene in a child with pulmonary alveolar proteinosis: a case report.
Journal of medical case reports - 2 May 2017
Al-Haidary Adel S, Alotaibi Wadha, Alhaider Sami A, Al-Saleh Suhail
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BACKGROUND: The congenital form of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis due to colony stimulating factor 2 receptor alpha gene mutations is a rare disease with only a few cases reported worldwide. In this study we report a new case of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis with a novel variant in colony stimulating factor 2 receptor alpha gene. CASE PRESENTATION: A 5-year-old Saudi boy presented with a history of progressive...
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