Shortness of breath secondary to a pet cockatiel

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 285-288

  Montgomery, Stephanie C ^a   Counselman, Francis L ^a,b   Rawls Jr , Harvey P ^a  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Raleigh Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bird fancier's lung; Extrinsic allergic alveolitis; Hypersensitivity pneumonitis; Pigeon breeder's lung

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD BREEDER LUNG; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031967180     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-6757(98)90104-8     Document Type: Article

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