Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis associated with dust inhalation: not secondary but autoimmune?

Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2010 Mar 1;181(5):427-8. doi: 10.1164/rccm.200912-1800ED.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Autoantibodies / immunology
  • Autoimmune Diseases / chemically induced*
  • Autoimmune Diseases / immunology
  • Dust / immunology
  • Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / immunology
  • Humans
  • Indium / adverse effects
  • Inhalation Exposure / adverse effects
  • Occupational Exposure / adverse effects
  • Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis / chemically induced*
  • Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis / immunology

Substances

  • Autoantibodies
  • Dust
  • Indium
  • Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor