Bird fancier's lung: A state-of-the-art review

Clinical Reviews in Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 43, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 69-83

  Chan, Andrew L ^a   Juarez, Maya M ^b   Leslie, Kevin O ^c   Ismail, Heba A ^a   Albertson, Timothy E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigen; Bird fancier's lung; Granuloma; Hypersensitivity pneumonitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIRD BREEDER LUNG; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CLUBBING FINGERS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG AUSCULTATION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG LAVAGE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ALVEOLITIS, EXTRINSIC ALLERGIC; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; BIRD FANCIER'S LUNG; BIRDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84868017219     PISSN: 10800549     EISSN: 15590267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12016-011-8282-y     Document Type: Review

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