Hypersensitivity pneumonitis associated with inhalation of catechin-rich green tea extracts

Respiration

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 388-392

  Otera, Hiroshi ^a   Tada, Kimihide ^a   Sakurai, Toshiyasu ^a   Hashimoto, Kimio ^a   Ikeda, Akihiko ^a  

^a NISHI KOBE MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Catechin; Green tea; Hypersensitivity pneumonitis

Indexed keywords

CATECHIN; ETHAMBUTOL; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ADULT; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INHALATION; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG NODULE; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SKIN TEST; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ALVEOLITIS, EXTRINSIC ALLERGIC; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CATECHIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TEA;

EID: 80052963500     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: 14230356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000324450     Document Type: Article

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