Following Alveoiar Proteinosis
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700 HUDSON El AL CHEST, 65: 6, JUNE, 1974 the age of 52 years, was experiencing relatively excellent health. One of their conclusions merits repetition: “In the case of the latter (the individual subject) , it is shown that the reparative processes of human protoplasm, even when not subjected to medical or surgical interference, may be striking.” Amen. The patient reported here was enjoying good health at the age of 86 years, being untroubled by his dynamically mild mitral valve disease. In this he was by no means unique; but it is an observation that merits re-emphasis from time to time.
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