Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis and first successful whole lung lavage in Sri Lanka: a case report

BACKGROUND: Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis is a rare disease characterized by accumulation of lipoproteinaceous material within alveoli. There are three clinically distinct forms: congenital, acquired and secondary. Whole lung lavage is currently the gold standard therapy for severe cases of pulmona...

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Autores principales: Galhenage, Janith, Weerasinghe, Buddhika, Dilesha, Wadasinghe, Constantine, Roshana, Gunasena, Bandu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5341169/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28270188
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-017-1218-2

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5341169/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28270188
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-017-1218-2

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