Hypersensitivity pneumonitis in budgerigar fanciers. A seldom recognised disease?;Polmonite da ipersensibilità nei possessori di pappagallini

Recenti Progressi in Medicina

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 293-294

  Bocchia, Mario Ernesto ^a,b   Capato, Silvia ^a   Pessina, Ilaria ^a   Spagnotto, Stefano ^a   Vaghi, Adriano ^a  

^a RHO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allergic alveolitis; Budgerigar fan; Hypersensitivity pneumonitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ARTICLE; BIRD BREEDER LUNG; BUDGERIGAR FANCIER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FARMER LUNG; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ALVEOLITIS, EXTRINSIC ALLERGIC; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELOPSITTACUS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 22844433194     PISSN: 00341193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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