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. 1988 Nov;43(11):939–940. doi: 10.1136/thx.43.11.939

Pulmonary alveolar lipoproteinosis complicating juvenile dermatomyositis.

M P Samuels 1, J O Warner 1
PMCID: PMC461573  PMID: 3222768

Abstract

A 9 year old boy with juvenile dermatomyositis developed pulmonary alveolar lipoproteinosis. This previously unreported association was treated successfully by bronchoalveolar lavage.

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