Article
Misalignment of pulmonary veins with alveolar capillary dysplasia: affected siblings and variable phenotypic expression.
The Journal of pediatrics - 1 Jan 1994
Boggs S, Harris M C, Hoffman D J, Goel R, McDonald-McGinn D, Langston C, Zackai E, Ruchelli E
Abstract excerpt
Misalignment of pulmonary veins with alveolar capillary dysplasia is recognized as a rare cause of persistent pulmonary hypertension of the neonate. Until now, misalignment of pulmonary veins was thought to be a random occurrence, but its appearance in siblings at our institution suggests that th...
Topics
- Abnormalities, Multiple
- Capillaries
- Female
- Humans
- Infant
- Infant, Newborn
- Lung
- Male
- Persistent Fetal Circulation Syndrome
- Phenotype
- Pulmonary Alveoli
- Pulmonary Veins
