Research Article
The Clinical Clues of Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis: A Report of 11 Cases and Literature Review
Table 1
Clinical characteristics of PAP patients.
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| Age, year | 51 (30–66) | Gender | | Male | 7 (64) | Female | 4 (36) | Smoking status | | Never smoker | 4 (36) | Current or ex-smoker | 7 (64) | Dust exposure | 2 (18) | Disease duration, month | 8 (0.25–60) | Clinical symptoms | | Asymptomatic | 1 (9) | Symptomatic | | Dyspnea | 10 (91) | Cough | 8 (73) | Chest | 2 (18) | Fever | 4 (36) | Physical examination | | Inspiratory crackle | 6 (55) | Digital clubbing | 5 (45) | Cyanosis | 2 (18) | Normal | 2 (18) |
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