Pigeon fanciers' lung: The mucin antigen is present in pigeon droppings and pigeon bloom

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 187-193

  Baldwin, Christopher I ^a   Stevens, Beverley ^a   Connors, Samantha ^a   Todd, Anthony ^c   Bourke, Stephen J ^b   Calvert, Jane E ^a   Allen, Adrian ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c CUMBERLAND INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extrinsic allergic alveolitis; Mucin; Pigeon bloom; Pigeon droppings; Pigeon fanciers' lung

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; GLYCOPROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MUCIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSS REACTION; FECES; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; PIGEON BREEDER LUNG; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031789227     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000024009     Document Type: Article

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