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Combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema syndrome associated with familial SFTPC mutation
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  1. Vincent Cottin1,2,
  2. Philippe Reix3,
  3. Chahéra Khouatra1,
  4. Françoise Thivolet-Béjui4,
  5. Delphine Feldmann5,
  6. Jean-François Cordier1,2
  1. 1Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Louis Pradel, Service de pneumologie – Centre de référence des maladies pulmonaires rares, Lyon, France
  2. 2Université de Lyon, Université Lyon I, INRA, UMR754, IFR 128, Lyon, France
  3. 3Hospices Civils de Lyon, Groupement hospitalier est, Service de pédiatrie, Lyon, France
  4. 4Hospices Civils de Lyon, Groupement hospitalier est, Centre de biologie et pathologie est, Lyon, France
  5. 5Assistance publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Armand Trousseau, Laboratoire de biochimie, Paris, France
  1. Correspondence to Vincent Cottin, Hôpital Louis Pradel, Service de pneumologie, Lyon (Bron) Cedex 69677, France; vincent.cottin{at}chu-lyon.fr

https://doi.org/10.1136/thx.2010.151407

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