Hypersensitivity pneumonitis induced by a smut fungus Ustilago esculenta

Thorax

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 650-651

  Yoshida, Kazuko ^a   Suga, Moritaka ^a   Yamasaki, Hisato ^a   Nakamura, Kenji ^a   Sato, Toyozo ^b   Kakishima, Makoto ^c   Dosman, James A ^d   Ando, Masayuki ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hypersensitivity pneumonitis; Smut; Ustilago esculenta

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SKIN TEST; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

EID: 0029999427     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.51.6.650     Document Type: Article

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