Acute pulmonary alveolar proteinosis due to exposure to cotton dust

Lung India

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 152-154

  Thind, Gurcharan Singh ^a,b  

^a Government Medical College   (India)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alveolar macrophage; Bronchoalveolar lavage; Cotton dust; Granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor; Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COTTON DUST; DUST EXPOSURE; FATALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG ALVEOLUS PROTEINOSIS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATHOGENESIS; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; TEXTILE WORKER; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 77953467622     PISSN: 09702113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-2113.56355     Document Type: Article

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