In vivo imaging of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis using confocal endomicroscopy

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 451-453

  Salaun M ^a   Roussel, F ^b   Hauss, P A ^a   Lachkar, S ^a   Thiberville, L ^a,c  

^a HÔPITAL CHARLES NICOLLE   (France)

^b ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DYSPNEA; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; FIBEROSCOPE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LETTER; LUNG ALVEOLUS PROTEINOSIS; MALE; MICROSCOPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; BRONCHOSCOPY; GRANULOCYTE-MACROPHAGE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; SMOKING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77955613343     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00194509     Document Type: Letter

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