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Outcome of corticosteroid administration in autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis: a retrospective cohort study

BACKGROUND: Although no report has demonstrated the efficacy of corticosteroid therapy for autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (aPAP), we sometimes encounter patients who have received this therapy for various reasons. However, as corticosteroids can suppress alveolar macrophage function, cort...

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Autores principales: Akasaka, Keiichi, Tanaka, Takahiro, Kitamura, Nobutaka, Ohkouchi, Shinya, Tazawa, Ryushi, Takada, Toshinori, Ichiwata, Toshio, Yamaguchi, Etsuro, Hirose, Masaki, Arai, Toru, Nakano, Kentaro, Nei, Takahito, Ishii, Haruyuki, Handa, Tomohiro, Inoue, Yoshikazu, Nakata, Koh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4534060/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26264717
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12890-015-0085-0