Alveolar capillary dysplasia with misalignment of the pulmonary veins (ACD/MPV) is a rare and lethal cause of refractory pulmonary hypertension of the newborn. We describe the clinical course of a ...

A decade after his son's death from a rare condition, a father will climb Mount Snowdon as he hopes to 'feel like he is in ...

Alveolar Capillary Dysplasia (ACD) is a rare, often lethal, congenital lung developmental disorder marked by an abnormality in the alignment of pulmonary veins and deficient capillary development.

When babies are born with alveolar capillary dysplasia with misalignment of pulmonary veins (ACDMPV), their skin starts to turn blue from the under-oxygenated blood in their systems. But unlike ...

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A rare, deadly developmental disorder of the lungs called alveolar capillary dysplasia with misalignment of pulmonary veins (ACD/MPV) that usually kills the infants born with it within the first ...

When babies are born with alveolar capillary dysplasia with misalignment of pulmonary veins (ACDMPV), their skin starts to turn blue from the under-oxygenated blood in their systems.

The S52F FOXF1 Mutation Inhibits STAT3 Signaling and Causes Alveolar Capillary Dysplasia. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2019; DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201810-1897OC; ...

Childhood interstitial lung disease (chILD) is a rare disorder that affects babies, children, and teens. Get an overview of what it is and its causes, diagnosis, and treatment.

A rare, deadly developmental disorder of the lungs called alveolar capillary dysplasia with misalignment of pulmonary veins (ACD/MPV) that usually kills the infants born with it within the first ...

The main focus of our research is unraveling genetics of lethal lung developmental disorders. In 2009, we demonstrated that haploinsufficiency of the transcriptional factor FOXF1 gene on 16q24.1 ...