Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: Insights in diagnosis and pathobiology

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 186, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 314-324

  Selman, Moisés ^a   Pardo, Annie ^b   King, Talmadge E ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES RESPIRATORIAS   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Extrinsic allergic; Hypersensitivity pneumonitis; Immune response

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 22; PREDNISONE; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 3; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 9;

ALLELE; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ANTIGEN DETECTION; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEREDITY; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; TH17 CELL;

EID: 84865295963     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201203-0513CI     Document Type: Review

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