Characteristics of a Large Cohort of Patients with Autoimmune Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis in Japan

Inoue, Yoshikazu; C. Trapnell, Bruce; Tazawa, Ryushi; Arai, Toru; Takada, Toshinori; Hizawa, Nobuyuki; Kasahara, Yasunori; Tatsumi, Koichiro; Hojo, Masaaki; Ichiwata, Toshio; Tanaka, Naohiko; Yamaguchi, Etsuro; Eda, Ryosuke; Oishi, Kazunori; Tsuchihashi, Yoshiko; Kaneko, Chinatsu; Nukiwa, Toshihiro; Sakatani, Mitsunori; P. Krischer, Jeffrey; Nakata, Koh

doi:10.1164/rccm.200708-1271oc

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Characteristics of a Large Cohort of Patients with Autoimmune Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis in Japan

Published in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine • Jan 17, 2008

Authors:

Yoshikazu Inoue

Bruce C. Trapnell

Ryushi Tazawa

Abstract

RATIONALE: Acquired pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) is a syndrome characterized by pulmonary surfactant accumulation occurring in association with granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor autoantibodies (autoimmune PAP) or as a consequence of another disease (secondary PAP). Because PAP...

Subject

Medicine

Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis

Asymptomatic

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