Serological diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary alveolar proteinosis.

T, Kitamura; K, Uchida; N, Tanaka; T, Tsuchiya; J, Watanabe; Y, Yamada; K, Hanaoka; JF, Seymour; OD, Schoch; I, Doyle; Y, Inoue; M, Sakatani; S, Kudoh; A, Azuma; T, Nukiwa; T, Tomita; M, Katagiri; A, Fujita; A, Kurashima; S, Kanegasaki; K, Nakata

doi:10.1164/ajrccm.162.2.9910032

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Serological diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary alveolar proteinosis.

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Kitamura T

Uchida K

Tanaka N

Abstract

Previously, we reported the specific occurrence of neutralizing autoantibodies against granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from 11 Japanese patients with idiopathic pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (I-PAP). The autoantibody was also detected in...

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