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Combined mutations of NKX2-1 and surfactant protein C genes for refractory low oxyhemoglobin saturation and interstitial pneumonia: A case report.
Medicine - 1 Mar 2020
Gu Rui, Ye Guangyong, Zhou Yimin, Jiang Zhou
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RATIONALE: Mutations of the NKX2-1 gene are associated with brain-lung-thyroid syndrome, which is characterized by benign hereditary chorea, hypothyroidism, and pulmonary disease with variable presentation. Surfactant protein C (SFTPC) gene mutations result in chronic interstitial lung disease in adults or severe neonatal respiratory distress syndrome. PATIENT CONCERNS: Recurrent hypoxemia was observed shortly...
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