Journal:
:journal of research in medical sciences
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seyyed ahmad tabatabaei assistant professor of pediatrics, mofid children hospital, shaheed beheshti medical university, tehran, iran
abdollah karimi professor of pediatric infectious diseases
sedigheh rafiee tabatabaei assistant professor of pediatrics, pediatric infectious research center, mofid children hospital, shaheed beheshti medical university, tehran, iran
badiozzaman radpay assistant professor of anesthesiology, shaheed moddares hospital, shaheed beheshti medical university, tehran, iran
farzaneh jadali assistant professor of pathology, pediatric infectious research center, mofid children hospital, shaheed beheshti medical university, tehran, iran
farideh shiva associate professor of pediatrics, pediatric infectious research center, mofid children hospital, shahid beheshti medical university, tehran, iran
pulmonary alveolar proteinosis, (pap) is a rare disease of unknown etiology, characterized by accumulation of intra-alveolar proteinaceous material which is rich in lipid and positive on periodic acid-schiff stain. two clinically different pediatric types have been defined as congenital pap which is fulminant and fatal, and a late-onset pap which is similar to the adult form and less severe. ei...