Is Treatment With Hydroxychloroquine Effective in Surfactant Protein C Deficiency?;¿Es eficaz el tratamiento con hidroxicloroquina en el déficit de proteína C surfactante?

Archivos de Bronconeumologia

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 213-215

  Rabach, Ingrid ^a   Poli, Furio ^a   Zennaro, Floriana ^b   Germani, Claudio ^b   Ventura, Alessandro ^a   Barbi, Egidio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH IRCCS BURLO GAROFOLO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hydroxychloroquine; Juvenile interstitial lung disease; Respiratory distress syndrome; Surfactant protein C deficiency

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; SURFACTANT PROTEIN C;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; SURFACTANT PROTEIN C DEFICIENCY; TWINS;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; DISEASES IN TWINS; DYSPNEA; FAILURE TO THRIVE; HUMANS; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PULMONARY ALVEOLAR PROTEINOSIS; PULMONARY SURFACTANT-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN C; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84876841767     PISSN: 03002896     EISSN: 15792129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arbres.2012.08.005     Document Type: Article

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