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Correspondence

Immunohistochemical localisation of surfactant proteins A and D, and KL-6 in pulmonary alveolar proteinosis

Yuji Ohtsuki Division of PathologyCorrespondence[email protected]
,
Makoto Kobayashi Hosogi Hospital, Kochi
,
Seiji Yoshida JA Kochi Hospital, Kochi
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Nobuhito Kishimoto Takamatsu Municipal Hospital, Takamatsu
,
Katsuhito Kubo Department of Respiratory Medicine, Matsuyama-shimin Hospital, Matsuyama, Ehime; Departments of Respiratory Medicine
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Akihito Yokoyama Departments of Hematology and Respiratory Medicine
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Gang-Hong Lee Pathology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan
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Mutsuo Furihata Pathology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan
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Pages 536-539 | Published online: 06 Jul 2009

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