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Acinar dysplasia
A lethal, developmental lung malformation resulting in neonatal respiratory insufficiency. It is characterized by pulmonary hypoplasia and arrest in the pseudoglandular stage of development, resulting in the absence of functional gas exchange. It can be caused by mutations in FGF10, FGFR2 or TBX4.