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Progressive Disease With Low Survival in Adult Patients With Pulmonary Fibrosis Carrying Surfactant-Related Gene Mutations: An Observational Study.
Chest - 1 Apr 2023
Klay Dymph, Grutters Jan C, van der Vis Joanne J, Platenburg Mark G J P, Kelder Johannes C, Tromp Ellen, van Moorsel Coline H M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: In some patients with progressive fibrosing interstitial lung disease (ILD), disease is caused by carriage of a mutation in a surfactant-related gene (SRG) such as SFTPC, SFTPA2, or ABCA3. However, no aggregated data on disease evolution and treatment outcome have been presented for these patients. RESEARCH QUESTION: In adult patients with ILD with an SRG mutation, what is the course of lung function...
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