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THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN PLASMA D-DIMER LEVELS AND COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA
(HOSPITAL CLINICAS, UNIV SAO PAULO, 2010)
BACKGROUND: Plasma D-dimer levels are directly related to the intra- and extra-vascular coagulation that occurs in acute and chronic lung damage in patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). OBJECTIVES: This study ...
A Frame-Shift Mutation in the SLC34A2 Gene in Three Patients with Pulmonary Alveolar Microlithiasis in an Inbred Family
(JAPAN SOC INTERNAL MEDICINE, 2010)
Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis (PAM) is a rare disease characterized by the presence of small calculi in the alveolar space. The SLC34A2 is thought to be responsible for the disease. We encountered three siblings of an ...