Lung cyst: An unusual manifestation of Niemann-Pick disease

Respirology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 134-136

  Baldi, Bruno G ^a,b   Santana, Alfredo N C ^b   Takagaki, Teresa Y ^b   Fujita, Carmem ^b   Kairalla, Ronaldo A ^b   Carvalho, Carlos R R ^b  

^a University of Sao Paulo Medical School ^*  (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chest CT; Cyst; Ground glass opacity; Niemann Pick disease; Subtype B

Indexed keywords

SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG CYST; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; NIEMANN PICK DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

ADULT; CYSTS; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; NIEMANN-PICK DISEASE, TYPE B; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 58149123631     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2008.01352.x     Document Type: Article

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