Utility of a provocation test for diagnosis of chronic pigeon breeder's disease

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 862-869

  Ramírez Venegas, Alejandra ^a   Sansores, Raúl H ^a   Pérez Padilla, Rogelio ^a   Carrillo, Guillermo ^a   Selman, Moisés ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES RESPIRATORIAS   (Mexico)

^b Col Sección XVI ^*  (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PIGEON BREEDER LUNG; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST;

EID: 0031721048     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.158.3.9710036     Document Type: Article

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