Pigeon breeder's lung in childhood: Is family screening necessary?

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 279-282

  Ceviz, Naci ^a,c   Kaynar, Hasan ^a   Olgun, Haşim ^a   Onbaş, Ömer ^a   Misirligil, Zeynep ^b  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Family screening; HRCT; Pigeon breeder's lung; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; PIGEON BREEDER LUNG; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; STEROID THERAPY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BIRD FANCIER'S LUNG; CHILD; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PREDNISOLONE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RECURRENCE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY;

EID: 33644924644     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: 10990496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.20297     Document Type: Article

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