Chapter 10 - Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99)»Other respiratory diseases principally affecting the interstitium (J80-J84)»Alveolar proteinosis (J84.01)
J84.01
Alveolar proteinosis
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Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis7 drugs (4 approved, 3 experimental)
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.