An open-label trial of rituximab therapy in pulmonary alveolar proteinosis

Kavuru M.S., Malur A., Marshall I., Barna B.P., Meziane M., Huizar I., Dalrymple H., Karnekar R., Thomassen M.J.

Source: Eur Respir J 2011; 38: 1361-1367
Journal Issue: December
Disease area: Interstitial lung diseases

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