Hypersensitivity pneumonitis in children: Clinical features, diagnosis, and treatment

Pediatric Drugs

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 235-244

  Venkatesh, Purnima ^a   Wild, Laurianne ^a,b,c  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b Oshner Clinic   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD8 ANTIGEN; CORTICOSTEROID; HLA ANTIGEN; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PREDNISONE;

ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ANIMAL PRODUCT; ANOREXIA; CHILL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DYSPNEA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FATIGUE; FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG LAVAGE; MALAISE; MICROORGANISM; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PYRETHRUM; REVIEW; SACCHAROPOLYSPORA RECTIVIRGULA; SKIN TEST; SPIROMETRY; T LYMPHOCYTE; THERMOACTINOMYCES VULGARIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ALVEOLITIS, EXTRINSIC ALLERGIC; ANTIGENS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; LUNG; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 27744601961     PISSN: 11745878     EISSN: 11745878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00148581-200507040-00003     Document Type: Review

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