Chronic bird fancier's lung presenting with acute exacerbation due to use of a feather duvet

Internal Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 835-837

  Inase, Naohiko ^a   Sakashita, Hiroyuki ^a   Ohtani, Yoshio ^a   Sogou, Yoko ^a   Sumi, Yuki ^a   Umino, Takeshi ^a   Usui, Yutaka ^a   Yoshizawa, Yasuyuki ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

BFL; Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis; Feather duvet lung; Pulmonary fibrosis

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

AGED; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ARTICLE; BIRD BREEDER LUNG; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DYSPNEA; FEATHER; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INHALATION TEST; LOW DRUG DOSE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PIGEON; SERUM; STEROID THERAPY;

AGED; BEDDING AND LINENS; BIRD FANCIER'S LUNG; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE;

EID: 5044239098     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.43.835     Document Type: Article

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