Incidence of autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis estimated using Poisson distribution
The incidence and prevalence of autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis in Japan were previously estimated to be 0.49 and 6.2 per million, respectively. Thereafter, an increase in serological diagnosis forced a re-estimation of the incidence based on more contemporaneous data using more robust met...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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European Respiratory Society
2019-03-01
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| Series: | ERJ Open Research |
| Online Access: | http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/5/1/00190-2018.full |