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MeSH Heading: Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis
Tree Number(s): C08.381.719
Unique ID: D011649
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011649
Scope Note: A PULMONARY ALVEOLI-filling disease, characterized by dense phospholipoproteinaceous deposits in the alveoli, cough, and DYSPNEA. This disease is often related to, congenital or acquired, impaired processing of PULMONARY SURFACTANTS by alveolar macrophages, a process dependent on GRANULOCYTE-MACROPHAGE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR.
Entry Version: PULM ALVEOLAR PROTEINOSIS
Entry Term(s): Alveolar Proteinoses, Pulmonary; Alveolar Proteinosis, Pulmonary; Proteinoses, Pulmonary Alveolar; Proteinosis, Pulmonary Alveolar; Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinoses
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2009/07/06

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