Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis: A rare disease treated with lung transplantation, first case from India

Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis: A rare disease treated with lung transplantation, first case from India

Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis (PAM) is a rare autosomal recessive condition characterized by widespread alveolar deposition of calcium microliths. A mutation in the SLC34A2 gene in the alveolar Type II pneumocytes is responsible for decreased phosphate clearance and accumulation of calcium as sp...

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Main Authors: Apar Jindal, Vijil Rahulan, Govini Balasubramani, Prabhat Dutta, Sandeep Attawar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2019-01-01
Series:Lung India
Subjects:
lung calcification
lung transplant
pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis
stone lung
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