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Respiratory Tract Diseases > Lung Diseases > Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis

Preferred term

Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A PULMONARY ALVEOLI-filling disease, characterized by dense phospholipoproteinaceous deposits in the alveoli, cough, and DYSPNEA. This disease is often related to, congenital or acquired, impaired processing of PULMONARY SURFACTANTS by alveolar macrophages, a process dependent on GRANULOCYTE-MACROPHAGE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR.

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Entry terms

  • Alveolar Proteinoses, Pulmonary
  • Alveolar Proteinosis, Pulmonary
  • Proteinoses, Pulmonary Alveolar
  • Proteinosis, Pulmonary Alveolar
  • Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinoses

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-V4S5VZFC-9

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