Hypersensitivity pneumonitis induced by Konjak flour and powdered Hijikia fusiforme

Internal Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 846-849

  Tajima, Shunji ^a   Kon, Hiroaki ^a   Oshikawa, Katsuhisa ^a   Bando, Masashi ^a   Ohno, Shoji ^a   Sugiyama, Yukihiko ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amorphophalus konjak; Double immunodiffusion test; Hijikia fusiforme; Konnyaku manufacturer's lung; Peripheral blood lymphocyte stimulation test

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM OXIDE; PRECIPITIN; WATER;

ADULT; ALGA; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; FLOUR; HIJIKIA FUSIFORME; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PASTE; PATIENT EDUCATION; POWDER; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SCALLOP; SERODIAGNOSIS; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0141996518     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.42.846     Document Type: Article

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