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Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis
Nature Reviews Disease Primers volume 5, Article number: 17 (2019)
This PrimeView highlights the mechanisms underlying pulmonary alveolar proteinosis, a syndrome characterized by abnormal accumulation of alveolar surfactant in the lungs and dysfunction of the alveolar macrophages.
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Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis. Nat Rev Dis Primers 5, 17 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41572-019-0070-7
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