Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis in Israel: Ethnic clustering

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 75-78

  Ben Dov, Issahar ^a,b   Kishinevski, Yelena ^d   Roznman, Judith ^b   Soliman, Alkrinawi ^h   Bishara, Hashem ^f   Zelligson, Erika ^h   Grief, Joel ^d   Mazar, Asher ^e   Perelman, Marina ^c   Vishnizer, Rafael ⁱ   Weiler Ravel, Daniel ^g  

^a Department of Radiology ^*  (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^f TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^g RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^h CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

ⁱ TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alveolar proteinosis; Familial and ethnic distribution; Incidence; Prevalence; Radiological presentation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARAB; ARTICLE; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; IRAQ; ISRAEL; JEW; LUNG ALVEOLUS PROTEINOSIS; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA, NORTHERN; ARABS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; IRAQ; ISRAEL; JEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY ALVEOLAR PROTEINOSIS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 0033205725     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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