Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis in an AIDS Patient without Concurrent Pulmonary Infection
Patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) are potentially at increased risk for developing secondary pulmonary alveolar proteinosis because of underlying immunosuppression and frequent opportunistic lung infections. This condition. however, has been diagnosed uncommonly in these patien...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
1995-01-01
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Series: | Canadian Respiratory Journal |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1995/958415 |