Relapsing bronchiolitis obliterans organising pneumonia and chronic sarcoidosis in an atopic asthmatic patient

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease - Pulmonary Series

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-42

  Carbonelli, Cristiano ^a   Roggeri, A ^a   Cavazza, A ^a   Zompatori, M ^b   Zucchi, L ^a  

^a S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asthma; Bronchiolitis obliterans organising pneumonia; Computed tomography; Recurrence; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; CD4 CD8 RATIO; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LUNG GRANULOMA; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SARCOIDOSIS; SPIROMETRY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

EID: 42549168512     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: 2465101X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/monaldi.2008.411     Document Type: Article

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