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Therapeutic lung lavages in children and adults
BACKGROUND: Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) is a rare disease, characterized by excessive intra-alveolar accumulation of surfactant lipids and proteins. Therapeutic whole lung lavages are currently the principle therapeutic option in adults. Not much is known on the kinetics of the wash out pro...
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Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2005
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1310528/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16303053 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-6-138 |