Autoimmune Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis That Improved after a COVID-19 Episode

Autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (APAP) is caused by macrophage dysfunction owing to the presence of anti-granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) autoantibodies. A 77-year-old man with APAP was referred to our hospital for whole-lung lavage (WLL) due to oxygenation exacerb...

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Autores principales: Yanagisawa, Atsushi, Takimoto, Takayuki, Shintani, Ryota, Kobayashi, Takehiko, Hirose, Masaki, Arai, Toru, Inoue, Yoshikazu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10465295/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37164675
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.1592-23

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