Outcome of corticosteroid administration in autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis: a retrospective cohort study

BACKGROUND: Although no report has demonstrated the efficacy of corticosteroid therapy for autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (aPAP), we sometimes encounter patients who have received this therapy for various reasons. However, as corticosteroids can suppress alveolar macrophage function, cort...

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Published in:BMC Pulm Med
Main Authors: Akasaka, Keiichi, Tanaka, Takahiro, Kitamura, Nobutaka, Ohkouchi, Shinya, Tazawa, Ryushi, Takada, Toshinori, Ichiwata, Toshio, Yamaguchi, Etsuro, Hirose, Masaki, Arai, Toru, Nakano, Kentaro, Nei, Takahito, Ishii, Haruyuki, Handa, Tomohiro, Inoue, Yoshikazu, Nakata, Koh
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4534060/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26264717
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12890-015-0085-0
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