Characteristic aspects of alveolar proteinosis diagnosis Aspectos característicos do diagnóstico da proteinose alveolar

• Main Authors: Thiago Prudente Bártholo (Author), José Gustavo Pugliese (Author), Luiz Carlos Aguiar Vaz (Author), Cláudia Henrique da Costa (Author), Rogério Rufino (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Patologia Clínica, 2012-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Alveolar proteinosis is an uncommon pulmonary disease characterized by an accumulation of surfactant in terminal airway and alveoli, thereby impairing gas exchange and engendering respiratory insufficiency in some cases. Three clinically and etiologically distinct forms of pulmonary alveolar protein...