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A pedigree with pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis: a clinical case report and literature review.
Cell biochemistry and biophysics - 1 Sept 2014
Ma Tiangang, Ren Jin, Yin Jinzhi, Ma Zhongsen
Abstract excerpt
Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis (PAM) is a rare autosomal recessive disease characterized by the presence of innumerable calcium phosphate microliths in the alveoli. Clinical-radiological dissociation is an important hallmark of this disease. Most PAM patients are asymptomatic and pulmonary tissue changes are discovered incidentally. PAM is pathologically attributable to the formation and aggregation of calcium...
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