Keys to the diagnosis of hypersensitivity pneumonitis: The role of serum precipitins, lung biopsy, and high-resolution computed tomography

Clinical Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 72-77

  Cormier, Yvon ^a,b   Lacasse, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bronchoalveolar lavage; Hypersensitivity pneumonitis; Lung biopsy

Indexed keywords

PRECIPITIN;

ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG LAVAGE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SERODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0029874644     PISSN: 10680640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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