Hypersensitivity pneumonitis in children: Pigeon breeders disease

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 349-355

  Nacar, Nazire ^a,c   Kiper, Nural ^b   Yalcin, Ebru ^b   Dogru, Deniz ^b   Dilber, Embiya ^b   Ozcelik, Ugur ^b   Misirligil, Zeynep ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBODY; AVIAN PROTEIN; FLUTICASONE; PRECIPITIN; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

RESPIRATORY DISEASE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COUGHING; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INHALATION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; NEBULIZER; PIGEON; PIGEON BREEDER LUNG; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SERODIAGNOSIS; SYMPTOM; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TIME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BIRD FANCIER'S LUNG; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; PREDNISOLONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 11044223351     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/027249304225019181     Document Type: Article

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