Recurrent pneumonitis in a 10 - Year - Old girl with pigeon breeder's disease

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 541-545

  Dilber, Embiya ^a   Özçelik, Uǧur ^a   Göçmen, Ayhan ^a   Misirligil, Zeynep ^a   Kiper, Nural ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hypersensitivity pneumonitis; Pigeon breeder's disease; Precipitating antibodies

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD BREEDER LUNG; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; RADIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; BIRD FANCIER'S LUNG; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031242371     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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