Possible involvement of an environmental agent in the development of acute eosinophilic pneumonia

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 419-422

  Imokawa, Shiro ^a   Sato, Atsuhiko ^a   Hayakawa, Hiroshi ^a   Toyoshima, Mikio ^a   Taniguchi, Masami ^b   Chida, Kingo ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b FUJIEDA MUNICIPAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; LOEFFLER PNEUMONIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST;

EID: 0029881488     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)63457-6     Document Type: Article

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