Surfactant Protein C Deficiency Treatment. Lung transplantation may be considered. Rabach I Poli F Zennaro F Germani C Ventura A Barbi E Arch Bronconeumol 2013 May495213-5. Request PDF Is Treatment With Hydroxychloroquine Effective in Surfactant Protein C Deficiency. The exact physiopathology of this disease is not known and there is no specific treatment for it.
How can you treat protein C deficiency. Lung transplantation may be considered. The patient was first admitted to the hospital at five months of age with severe respiratory. In common with SP-B deficiency the lung histopathologic features of patients with SP-C deficiency. Request PDF Is Treatment With Hydroxychloroquine Effective in Surfactant Protein C Deficiency. SFTPC surfactant protein C mutations resulting in SP-C deficiency causing ongoing respiratory failure in the neonatal period represent a rare entity.
Blood thinner medications also known as anticoagulants can treat protein C deficiency.
A reason why the disorder is more common in premature infants. We wish to report initial success in treating a boy with surfactant protein C deficiency. Surfactant protein C deficiency is characterised by deficiency of the protein and its intracellular accumulation with subsequent local inflammation and interstitial lung disease. How can you treat protein C deficiency. Hydroxychloroquine and surfactant protein C deficiency. Epub 2012 Nov 6 doi.