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Chapter-23 Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis

BOOK TITLE: Interstitial Lung Disease

Author
1. Vaid Urvashi
2. Kavuru Mani S
ISBN
9789350252680
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/11477_23
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2012
Pages
14
Author Affiliations
1. Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
2. Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Chapter keywords
Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis, chronic pulmonary infiltration, hypoxemia, surfactant homeostasis, surfactant proteins, periodic acid schiff, hematopoietic stem cells, alveolar macrophages, dysfunctional alveolar macrophages, interleukin, natural killer cells, adaptive immunity, myeloid, B-cells, acute myelogenous leukemia, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, chronic infections, immunodeficiency syndromes, ground-glass opacities, high-resolution chest computed tomography, cyanosis, electron microscopy, lamellar bodies, pulmonary surfactant, whole lung lavage, alveolar-arterial gradient, cardiopulmonary arrest, double lung transplantation, macrophage dysfunction, plasmapheresis

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