Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: A comprehensive review

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 237-250

  Spagnolo, P ^a   Rossi, G ^b   Cavazza, A ^c   Paladini, I ^d,e   Bonella, F ^f   Sverzellati, N ^e   Costabel, U ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^f RUHRLANDKLINIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Differential diagnosis; Extrinsic allergic alveolitis; Hypersensitivity pneumonitis; Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; Interstitial lung disease; Management; Pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CORTICOSTEROID; PRECIPITIN;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; BIRD BREEDER LUNG; BRONCHIECTASIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIGITAL CLUBBING; DISEASE COURSE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG LAVAGE; REVIEW; SMOKING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; ALVEOLITIS, EXTRINSIC ALLERGIC; BRONCHOSCOPY; PATHOLOGY;

ALVEOLITIS, EXTRINSIC ALLERGIC; BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMANS;

EID: 84937912953     PISSN: 10189068     EISSN: 16980808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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