Hypersensitivity pneumonitis

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 401-411

  Mohr, Lawrence C ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Extrinsic allergic alveolitis; Granulomas; Hypersensitivity pneumonitis; Interstitial lung disease; Pulmonary fibrosis; Serum precipitating antibodies

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CORTICOSTEROID; FOOD ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PREDNISONE;

ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; HYPOXEMIA; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INHALATION TEST; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG LAVAGE; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXYGEN THERAPY; REVIEW; SKIN TEST; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 4143123240     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mcp.0000135675.95674.29     Document Type: Review

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