Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: A commentary

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 192-194

  Fraire, Armando E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LUNG BIOPSY; NOTE;

ALVEOLITIS, EXTRINSIC ALLERGIC; HUMANS;

EID: 38949216367     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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