Autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis successfully treated with lung lavage in an adolescent patient: a case report

BACKGROUND: Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis is a rare interstitial lung disease characterized by accumulating surfactant materials in the alveoli. The autoimmune form is by far the most common in adults, while in the pediatric age group, the vast majority of cases are congenital. We report a case of...

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Autores principales: Alasiri, Abdalla Mohmed, Alasbali, Reem Abdullah, Alaqil, Meaad Ali, Alahmari, Aishah Marei, Alshamrani, Nouf Dagash, Badri, Rabab Nasir
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8268574/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34238362
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-021-02906-2

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