Relationship between diffuse pulmonary fibrosis, alveolar proteinosis, and granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor autoantibodies

Respiratory Care

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1608-1610

  Luisetti, Maurizio ^a   Bruno, Pierdonato ^b   Kadija, Zamir ^a   Suzuki, Takuji ^c   Raffa, Salvatore ^b   Torrisi, Maria Rosaria ^b   Campo, Ilaria ^a   Mariani, Francesca ^a   Pozzi, Ernesto ^a   Trapnell, Bruce C ^c   Mariotta, Salvatore ^b  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alveolar surfactant; Granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor; Idiopathic interstitial pneumonia; Lamellar bodies; Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis; Pulmonary fibrosis; Surfactant catabolism

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR ANTIBODY; PREDNISONE;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BIOACCUMULATION; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CD4 CD8 RATIO; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FEMALE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG ALVEOLUS PROTEINOSIS; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; OXYGENATION; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; STROKE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AUTOANTIBODIES; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTE-MACROPHAGE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ALVEOLAR PROTEINOSIS; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; PULMONARY SURFACTANTS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 82455174309     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: 19433654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4187/respcare.01054     Document Type: Article

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