A clinical study of hypersensitivity pneumonitis presumably caused by feather duvets

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 98-104

  Inase, Naohiko ^a   Ohtani, Yoshio ^a   Sumi, Yuki ^a   Umino, Takeshi ^a   Usui, Yutaka ^a   Miyake, Shuji ^a   Yoshizawa, Yasuyuki ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BIRD BREEDER LUNG; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 31444434687     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)61047-2     Document Type: Article

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