About the Book
Chapter 1. A Clinical Approach to Rare Lung Diseases Ralph Panos, M.D. Chapter 2. Clinical Trials for Rare Lung Diseases Jeffrey Krischer, Ph.D. Chapter 3. Idiopathic and Familial Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Jean M. Elwing, M.D., Gail Deutsch, M.D., William C. Nichols, Ph.D., and Timothy LeCras, Ph.D., Chapter 4. Lymphangioleiomyomatosis Francis X. McCormack, M.D, and Elizabeth P. Henske, M.D., Ph.D. Chapter 5. Autoimmune Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis Bruce Trapnell, M.D., Koh Nakata, M.D., Ph.D., and Yoshikazu Inoue, M.D., Ph.D. Chapter 6. Mutations in Surfactant Protein C and Interstitial Lung Disease James P. Bridges, Ph. D. and Ralph Panos, M.D. Chapter 7. Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia Claire Shovlin, M.D and S. Paul Oh, Ph.D. Chapter 8. Hermansky Pudlak Syndrome Lisa Young, M.D. and Bill Gahl, M.D., Ph.D. Chapter 9. Alpha One Antitrypsin Deficiency Charlie Strange, M.D. and Sabrina Janciauskiene, Ph.D. Chapter 10. The Marfan Syndrome Amaresh Nath, M.D and Enid Neptune, M.D. Chapter 11. Surfactant Deficiency Disorders SP-B and ABCA3 Larry Nogee, M.D. Chapter 12. Pulmonary Capillary Hemangiomatosis Edward D. Chan, M.D., Kathryn Chmura, B.A, and Andrew Sullivan, M.D. Chapter 13. Goodpasture's Syndrome Gangadar Taduri, M.D., D.M., Raghu Kalluri, Ph.D., and Ralph P. Panos, M.D. Chapter 14. Primary Ciliary Diskinesia Michael R. Knowles, M.D., Hilda Morillas, M.D., Margaret W. Leigh, M.D., Maimoona Zariwala, Ph.D. Chapter 15. Pulmonary Alveolar Microlithiasis Koichi Hagiwara, MD, Takeshi Jokoh, M.D., Teruo Tachibana, MD Chapter 16. Cystic Fibrosis Andre Cantin, M.D. Chapter 17. Pulmonary Langerhan's CellHistiocytosis Robert Vassallo, M.D. Chapter 18. Sarcoidosis Ralph Panos, M.D. and Andrew Fontenot, M.D. Chapter 19. Scleroderma Lung Disease Brent Kinder, M.D.