Bird fancier's lung: A series of 86 patients

Medicine

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 110-130

  Morell, Ferran ^a   Roger, Àlex ^c   Reyes, Leonardo ^a   Cruz, Maria Jesús ^a,b   Murio, Cristina ^d   Muñoz, Xavier ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL DOS DE MAIG   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL GENERAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CARBON MONOXIDE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BIRD BREEDER LUNG; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PIGEON BREEDER LUNG; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SKIN TEST; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES; BIOPSY; BIRD FANCIER'S LUNG; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHILD; COUGH; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SKIN TESTS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 41049118373     PISSN: 00257974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MD.0b013e31816d1dda     Document Type: Article

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