A rare cause of miliary nodules - Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 82, Issue 980, 2009, Pages

  Agarwal, Ritesh ^a   Aggarwal, A N ^a   Gupta, D ^a   Bal, A ^a   Das, A ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PRECIPITIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASTHMA; BRONCHIECTASIS; BRONCHOPULMONARY ASPERGILLOMA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FUNGUS; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; IMMUNITY; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG NODULE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLEURA EFFUSION; SEROLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; BLOOD; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; IMMUNOLOGY; LUNG; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; SKIN TEST;

ADULT; ASPERGILLOSIS, ALLERGIC BRONCHOPULMONARY; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CHURG-STRAUSS SYNDROME; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LUNG; MALE; PRECIPITINS; SKIN TESTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, MILIARY;

EID: 67650660023     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/20940804     Document Type: Article

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