A Case of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis in a Tea Bag Manufacturer Employee

Japanese Journal of Chest Diseases

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 393-398

  Sano, Takehisa ^a   Gemma, Hitoshi ^a   Satou, Masaki ^a   Ono, Takahisa ^a   Atsumi, Eriko ^a   Ito, Ichiro ^a   Chida, Kingo ^b   Suda, Takafumi ^b   Nakamura, Hirotoshi ^b   Toyoshima, Mikio ^b   Shirai, Toshihiro ^b  

^a Fukuroi Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^b HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Catechins; Hypersensitivity pneumonitis; Inhalation challenge test; Tea

Indexed keywords

CATECHIN; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; PRECIPITIN;

ADULT; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTERIAL PH; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; EMPLOYEE; EXERCISE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNODIFFUSION; LUNG ALVEOLITIS; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROVOCATION TEST; TEA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

EID: 2442452667     PISSN: 03853667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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