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Hydroxychloroquine, a successful treatment for lung disease in ABCA3 deficiency gene mutation: a case report.
Journal of medical case reports - 2 Feb 2021
Shaaban Waleed, Hammoud Majeda, Abdulraheem Ali, Elsayed Yasser Yahia, Alkazemi Nawal
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BACKGROUND: Pulmonary surfactant is a complex mixture of lipids and specific proteins that stabilizes the alveoli at the end of expiration. Mutations in the gene coding for the triphosphate binding cassette transporter A3 (ABCA3), which facilitates the transfer of lipids to lamellar bodies, constitute the most frequent genetic cause of severe neonatal respiratory distress syndrome and chronic interstitial lung...
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