Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis and Related Conditions in the Work Environment

Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 769-786

  Zacharisen, Michael C ^a   Fink, Jordan N ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Extrinsic allergic alveolitis; Hypersensitivity pneumonitis; Occupational

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; BECLOMETASONE; BERYLLIUM; BUDESONIDE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; ENDOTOXIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 8; ISOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MACROLIDE; METHACRYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PHTHALIC ACID DIMETHYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ANHYDRIDE; PHYTASE; PREDNISONE; SILICON DIOXIDE; STYRENE; TANNIN; THALIDOMIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ALTERNARIA; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BERYLLIOSIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BYSSINOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOPHAGA; DANDER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG HEMOSIDEROSIS; LUNG LAVAGE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MUCOR; MYCOBACTERIUM; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORNITHOSIS; PAECILOMYCES; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PENICILLIUM; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSEUDOMONAS; REVIEW; RHIZOPUS; SAWDUST; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; SILICOSIS; TEXTILE WORKER; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AEROSOLS; AGRICULTURE; ALVEOLITIS, EXTRINSIC ALLERGIC; BERYLLIOSIS; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DUST; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; INDUSTRY; LUNG; LYMPHOCYTES; MACROPHAGES, ALVEOLAR; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SILICOSIS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 80053472827     PISSN: 08898561     EISSN: 15578607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iac.2011.07.004     Document Type: Review

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