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Alveolar proteinosis in a patient recovering from Pneumocystis carinii infection: a case report with a review of literature

BACKGROUND: Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis is a rare lung disorder, which was first reported as idiopathic condition in 1958. The prevalence of acquired pulmonary alveolar proteinosis has been estimated to be 0.37 per 100,000 population. The cause of this condition is not entirely clear. We present...

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Autores principales: Kotov, Petio V, Shidham, Vinod B
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1617112/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17034646
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-6413-3-22