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Genetic variants of small airways and interstitial pulmonary disease in children.
Scientific reports - 1 Feb 2021
Alsamri Mohammed T, Alabdouli Amnah, Alkalbani Alia M, Iram Durdana, Tawil Mohamed I, Antony Priya, Vijayan Ranjit, Souid Abdul-Kader
Abstract excerpt
Genetic variants of small airways and interstitial pulmonary disease have not been comprehensively studied. This cluster of respiratory disorders usually manifests from early infancy ('lung disease in utero'). In this study, 24 variants linked to these entities are described. The variants involved two genes associated with surfactant metabolism dysfunction (ABCA3 and CSF2RB), two with pulmonary fibrosis (MUC5B...
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