Rare and Orphan Lung Diseases, An Issue of Clinics in Chest MedicineDrs. Robert Kotloff and Francis McCormack have assembled an expert team of authors on the topic of Rare and Orphan Lung Diseases. Articles include: Lymphangioleiomyomatosis, Pulmonary Lymphangiomatosis, Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis and other Histiocytic Diseases of the Lung, Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis, Pulmonary Alveolar Microlithiasis, Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia, Birt-Hogg-Dube Syndrome, Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome, Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia, Non-CF Bronchiectasis, Eosinophilic Lung Diseases, Benign Metastasizing Leiomyomata, and more! |
Contents
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Plastic Bronchitis | 405 |
Nonmalignant Adult Thoracic Lymphatic Disorders | 409 |
Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis and Other Histiocytic Diseases of the Lung | 421 |
Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis Syndrome | 431 |
α1Antitrypsin Deficiency | 487 |
HermanskyPudlak Syndrome | 505 |
Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia | 513 |
Pulmonary Capillary Hemangiomatosis and Pulmonary Venoocclusive Disease | 523 |
Eosinophilic Lung Diseases | 535 |
HyperIgE Syndromes and the Lung | 557 |
Immunoglobulin G4Related Disease and the Lung | 569 |
Diffuse Idiopathic Pulmonary Neuroendocrine Cell Hyperplasia and Neuroendocrine Hyperplasia of Infancy | 579 |
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Rare and Orphan Lung Diseases, an Issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine Robert Kotloff,Francis X. McCormack No preview available - 2016 |
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