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Tousheed SZ, Dutt TS, Muralimohan B, Karnati A, Gupta V. Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis Related to Chronic Cotton Dust Exposure and Hepatitis-C Infection. Indian J Chest Dis Allied Sci 2016; 58 (3):183-184.
A case of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis developing in a patient with chronic dust exposure and hepatitis-C infection is reported. He was managed with modified bronchoalveolar lavage and granulocyte-monophase-colony stimulating factor.
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