Clinical features and prognosis in 21 patients with extrinsic allergic alveolitis

Chinese Medical Sciences Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 202-207

  Wang, Ping ^a   Xu, Zuo Jun ^a   Xu, Wen Bing ^a   Shi, Ju Hong ^a   Tian, Xin Lun ^a   Feng, Rui E ^a   Zhu, Yuan Jue ^a  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid; Extrinsic allergic alveolitis; Histopathology; Prognosis; Radiography

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; HAIR DYE; PREDNISONE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ARTICLE; BIRD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EMPHYSEMA; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CYST; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG GRANULOMA; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG NODULE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PLANT; PROGNOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 75749127904     PISSN: 10019294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-9294(10)60002-8     Document Type: Article

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