Antigen-specific IgG antibodies in feather duvet lung

European Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 797-802

  Koschel, Dirk ^a   Lützkendorf, Lars ^a   Wiedemann, Bärbel ^b   Höffken, Gert ^a,c  

^a Fachkrankenhaus Coswig   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bird fancier's lung; duck feathers; extrinsic allergic alveolitis; feather duvet lung; goose feathers; hypersensitivity pneumonitis; specific IgG antibodies

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BIRD BREEDER LUNG; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DUCK; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEATHER; FEATHER DUVET LUNG; FEMALE; FLUOROMETRY; GOOSE; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ALVEOLITIS, EXTRINSIC ALLERGIC; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS; BEDDING AND LINENS; BIRD FANCIER'S LUNG; COLUMBIDAE; DUCKS; FEATHERS; FLUOROMETRY; GEESE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MELOPSITTACUS; PARROTS;

EID: 77955458463     PISSN: 00142972     EISSN: 13652362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2362.2010.02327.x     Document Type: Article

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