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CD8+ T-cell alveolitis in familial pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis.
The European respiratory journal - 1 Jul 2007
de Laurentiis G, Vitiello L, Racioppi L, Perna F, Galgani M, Merola G, Carratù P, Maniscalco M, Marsico S, Sofia M
Abstract excerpt
Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis (PAM) is a rare diffuse lung disease characterised by the accumulation of calcium phosphate microliths within the alveoli. The causative mechanism of PAM has only recently been discovered, and involves a gene mutation of sodium phosphate co-transporter, which is...
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