Therapeutic Efficacy of Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor in Patients with Idiopathic Acquired Alveolar Proteinosis

F. Seymour, John; Presneill, Jeffrey; D. Schoch, Otto; Downie, Gordon; E. Moore, Paul; Doyle, Ian; Vincent, J.M.; Nakata, Koh; Kitamura, Takayuki; Langton, David; C. F. Pain, M.; R. Dunn, Ashley

doi:10.1164/ajrccm.163.2.2003146

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Therapeutic Efficacy of Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor in Patients with Idiopathic Acquired Alveolar Proteinosis

Published in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine • Feb 1, 2001

Authors:

John F. Seymour

Jeffrey Presneill

Otto D. Schoch

Abstract

Alveolar proteinosis (AP) is characterized by excessive surfactant accumulation, and most cases are of unknown etiology. Standard therapy for AP is whole-lung lavage, which may not correct the underlying defect. Because the hematopoietic cytokine granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-...

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Medicine

Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis

Granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor

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