A case of cigarette smoking-induced acute eosinophilic pneumonia showing tolerance

Chest

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 277-279

  Shintani, Hiromoto ^a   Fujimura, Masaki ^b   Ishiura, Yoshihisa ^b   Noto, Minoru ^a  

^a Komatsu Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute eosinophilic pneumonia; Challenge test, tolerance; Cigarette smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FEVER; HUMAN; LOEFFLER PNEUMONIA; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; NEUTROPHILIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RECURRENCE RISK; SMOKING HABIT;

EID: 0033954407     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.117.1.277     Document Type: Article

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