Alveolar proteinosis
Alternative names
Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis
Definition
Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis is a disease in which a phospholipid (a compound widely distributed in living cells) accumulates within spaces in the lungs where oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged.
see Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis.
Last revised: December 3, 2012
by Levon Ter-Markosyan, D.M.D.
by Levon Ter-Markosyan, D.M.D.
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