Inherited genetic cause, possible treatment found for complex lung disorder
Monday, November 24, 2008 - 15:49
in Biology & Nature
A tale of two sisters has helped researchers solve a medical mystery and discover a familial genetic mutation that causes an inherited form of the lung disease Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis (PAP)...
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