The study of rare lung disorders enhances our understanding of common pulmonary diseases such as fibrosis and emphysema molecular basis of pulmonary disease insights from rare lung disorders brings together a panel of distinguished clinicians and molecular scientists who are experts in a range of rare lung diseases and their underlying molecular defects each chapter focuses on the pathogenic mechanisms and therapeutic targets suggested by basic research and follows an easy to read format . The study of rare lung disorders enhances our understanding of common pulmonary diseases such as fibrosis and emphysema molecular basis of pulmonary disease insights from rare lung disorders brings together a panel of distinguished clinicians and molecular scientists who are experts in a range of rare lung diseases and their underlying molecular defects each chapter focuses on the pathogenic mechanisms and therapeutic targets suggested by basic research and follows an easy to read format . The study of rare lung disorders enhances our understanding of common pulmonary diseases such as fibrosis and emphysema molecular basis of pulmonary disease insights from rare lung disorders brings together a panel of distinguished clinicians and molecular scientists who are experts in a range of rare lung diseases and their underlying molecular defects each chapter focuses on the pathogenic mechanisms and therapeutic targets suggested by basic research and follows an easy to read format . Molecular basis of pulmonary disease insights from rare lung disorders is not an easy read and its not for every pulmonary physician or student of lung disease it is a 2010 compendium of 19 chapters about 17 different rare lung diseases some are quite rare eg pulmonary capillary hemangiomatosis but some are seen with some frequency by consulting pulmonary physicians eg pulmonary langerhans cell histiocytosis and some are relatively common sarcoidosis