Alveolar capillary dysplasia: The abnormal development of the lung blood vessels. The normal barrier across which air and blood can diffuse fails to develop properly. Death usually results within weeks of birth but rare cases can survive for months. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Alveolar capillary dysplasia is available below.
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Alveolar capillary dysplasia is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Alveolar capillary dysplasia, or a subtype of Alveolar capillary dysplasia,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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