Feather wreath lung: Chasing a dead bird

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1323-1324

  Meyer, F J ^a   Bauer, P C ^a   Costabel, U ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b Dept Pneumology/Allergology ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Bird keeper's lung; extrinsic allergic alveolitis; feathers

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PRECIPITIN;

ADULT; ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; BIRD; CASE REPORT; FEATHER; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG ALVEOLITIS; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; OPEN LUNG BIOPSY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALVEOLITIS, EXTRINSIC ALLERGIC; ANIMALS; BIOPSY; BIRDS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEATHERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0030054703     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.96.09061323     Document Type: Article

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