Extrinsic allergic alveolitis: Comparative study of the bronchoalveolar lavage profiles and radiological presentation

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 971, 2006, Pages 598-601

  Sterclova, M ^a,b   Vasakova, M ^b   Dutka, J ^b   Kalanin, J ^c  

^a FAKULTNÍ THOMAYEROVA NEMOCNICE   (Czech Republic)

^b Faculty Thomayer's Hospital   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; CYTOMETRY; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ALVEOLITIS, EXTRINSIC ALLERGIC; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CD4-CD8 RATIO; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33749176769     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2005.044735     Document Type: Article

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