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. 1972 Sep;27(5):625–630. doi: 10.1136/thx.27.5.625

Pulmonary amyloidosis with impaired gas transfer

W A Crosbie 1,1, M L Lewis 1,2, I D Ramsay 1,3, D Doyle 1,4
PMCID: PMC470572  PMID: 5083731

Abstract

This is the report of a patient with multiple myelomatosis in whom secondary amyloid infiltration of the lung produced impairment of gas transfer and death from respiratory failure.

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