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Allen C Omo-Ogboi1, Joyce Ederhion2,3, Asad Ur Rehman1

  • 1Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, USA.

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bilateral orthotropic lung transplantintra-alveolar calcium phosphate microlithspulmonary alveolar microlithiasisslc34a2type ii alveolar pneumocytes

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