Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis: A case report with a novel mutation in the SLC34A2 gene and review of the literature
Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis (PAM) is a rare autosomal recessive genetic disease characterized by intraalveolar psammomatous calcium phosphate deposition. Patients with PAM are often asymptomatic until the third or fourth decade, when they most frequently develop symptoms including dyspnea, and...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2018-09-01
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| Series: | Human Pathology: Case Reports |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221433001830004X |