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lipid proteinosis
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lipid proteinosis [′lip·əd ‚prō·dē·ə′nō·səs]
(medicine)
A hereditary disorder characterized by extracellular deposits of phospholipid-protein conjugate involving various areas of the body, including the skin and air passages.


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4]) have significantly higher activity than single gene products; c) after ozone exposure, all SP-A variants showed a decreased ability to stimulate TNF-[alpha] and IL-8 production, and the level of the decrease varied among SP-A variants (26-48%); and d) human SP-A from patients with alveolar proteinosis exhibited a minimal decrease (18% and 12%, respectively) in its ability to stimulate TNF-[alpha] and IL-8 after in vitro ozone exposure.
[58] There is some evidence that both fast and slow percussion increase sputum production in patients with bronchiectasis and alveolar proteinosis.
 
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