Myths and controversies in hypersensitivity pneumonitis

Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 631-642

  Lacasse, Yves ^a   Assayag, Evelyne ^a   Cormier, Yvon ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Extrinsic allergic alveolitis; Hypersensitivity pneumonitis; Review; Tutorial

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PLACEBO; PREDNISOLONE;

ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; CD4 CD8 RATIO; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FARMER LUNG; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG LAVAGE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PIGEON BREEDER LUNG; PREDICTION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; REVIEW; SECONDARY PREVENTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ALLERGENS; ALVEOLITIS, EXTRINSIC ALLERGIC; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; RARE DISEASES;

EID: 61849116182     PISSN: 10693424     EISSN: 10989048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1101273     Document Type: Review

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