Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis in an indium-processing worker

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1347-1350

  Xiao, Yong Long ^a   Cai, Hou Rong ^a   Wang, Yi Hua ^a   Meng, Fan Qing ^a   Zhang, De Ping ^a  

^a THE AFFILIATED DRUM TOWER HOSPITAL OF NANJING UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (China)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Indium; Lung lavage; Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDE; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; INDIUM; PREDNISONE; SILICON DIOXIDE; SURFACTANT PROTEIN B; TIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSPNEA; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG ALVEOLUS PROTEINOSIS; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; PULMONARY ALVEOLAR PROTEINOSIS;

ADULT; HUMANS; INDIUM; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PULMONARY ALVEOLAR PROTEINOSIS;

EID: 77952905831     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2010.10.023     Document Type: Article

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