Clinical and immunopathological aspects of hypersensitivity pneumonitis;Aspects cliniques et immunopathologiques des pneumopathies d'hypersensibilité

Revue des Maladies Respiratoires

Volumn 21, Issue 4 I, 2004, Pages 769-781

  Lacasse, Y ^a   Assayag, E Israël ^a   Laviolette, M ^a   Cormier, Y ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diagnostic; Hypersensitivity pneumonitis; Immunology; Pathology; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; B7 ANTIGEN; CD11 ANTIGEN; CD18 ANTIGEN; CD86 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; LUNG SURFACTANT; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1ALPHA; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SCLEROPROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; B LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INHALATION; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG PARENCHYMA; PHAGOCYTOSIS; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; T LYMPHOCYTE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 7044260935     PISSN: 07618425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0761-8425(04)71418-7     Document Type: Review

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