Starling-induced hypersensitivity pneumonitis: Minimal but persistent antigen exposure;Neumonitis por hipersensibilidad crónica por estorninos. Exposición antigénica no masiva pero persistente

Archivos de Bronconeumologia

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 607-609

  Borderías, Luis ^a   Morell, Ferran ^b,c   Vera, Jesús ^a   Briz, Helena ^a   Muñoz, Xavier ^b,c   Cruz, María Jesús ^b,c  

^a HOSPITAL SAN JORGE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bird fancier's disease; Environmental disease; Extrinsic allergic alveolitis; Hypersensitivity pneumonitis; Occupational disease; Starlings

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ANAMNESIS; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHALATION TEST; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; SKIN TEST; STARLING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 78149464772     PISSN: 03002896     EISSN: 15792129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1579-2129(10)70129-4     Document Type: Letter

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