Impact of genetic factors on fibrosing interstitial lung diseases. Incidence and clinical presentation in adults.

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At least 10% of patients with pulmonary fibrosis, whether idiopathic or secondary, present heritable pulmonary fibrosis suspected on familial aggregation of pulmonary fibrosis, specific syndromes or early age of diagnosis. Approximately 30% of those patients have an identified mutation mostly in telomere related genes (TRG) more rarely in surfactant homeostasis or other genes. TRG mutation may be associated with...

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