Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis |
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| Alveolar Proteinoses, Pulmonary; Alveolar Proteinosis, Pulmonary; Proteinoses, Pulmonary Alveolar; Proteinosis, Pulmonary Alveolar; Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinoses | |
| A chronic lung disease characterized by dyspnea, productive cough, chest pain, weakness, weight loss, and hemoptysis, and by the filling of the distal alveoli with a bland, eosinophilic, proteinaceous material that prevents ventilation of affected areas. (Dorland, 28th ed) | |