Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis: A clinicopathologic and chemical analysis of seven cases

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 607-611

  Moran, César A ^a,b   Hochholzer, Liselotte ^a,b   Hasleton, Philip S ^a,b   Johnson, Frank B ^a,b   Koss, Michael N ^a,b  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM SALT; PHOSPHATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG ALVEOLUS PROTEINOSIS; LUNG INFILTRATE; MALE; OPEN LUNG BIOPSY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; STONE FORMATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; CALCIUM; CALCULI; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHORUS; PULMONARY ALVEOLI;

EID: 0030947359     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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