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T-bet controls severity of hypersensitivity pneumonitis [PDF]
Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis (HP) is an interstitial lung disease that develops following repeated exposure to inhaled environmental antigens. The disease is characterized by alveolitis, granuloma formation and in some patients' fibrosis.
Hossam Abdelsamed +3 more
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Immunology of occupational lung diseases caused by dust: an overview [PDF]
The lungs are exposed to numerous injurious substances.Such injury may be the result of immunological or non-immunological mechanisms. The lung clears itself of inhaled particles by means of ciliated cells lining the airways and the macrophages.The ...
Krishnan, S +2 more
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Nekazarien birika. Gipuzkoako kasu-serie baten ikerketa erretrospektiboa eta errebisio bibliografikoa [PDF]
[EUS] Nekazarien birika (NB) Gipuzkoan, azpidiagnostikatuta dagoen gaixotasuna da, bere prebalentzia oso baxua izanik (1,12 /100.000koa).
Sánchez Urrestarazu, Maddi
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Smoking inhibits the frequency of bronchovascular bundle thickening in sarcoidosis [PDF]
RATIONALE/OBJECTIVES: Smoking has been associated with decreased incidence and prevalence of sarcoidosis, but few studies have evaluated effects of smoking on clinical parameters of the disease. The objectives were to determine the association of smoking
Alicia K. Gerke +25 more
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Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis
Carlos AC Pereira,1 Andréa Gimenez,2 Lilian Kuranishi,2 Karin Storrer 2 1Interstitial Lung Diseases Program, 2Pulmonology Postgraduate, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil Abstract: Hypersensitivity pneumonitis ...
Pereira CA +3 more
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Bagassosis, rare cause of hypersensitivity pneumonitis: A case report
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP), also called extrinsic allergic alveolitis, is a respiratory syndrome involving the lung parenchyma specifically the alveoli, terminal bronchioles and alveolar interstitium.
Tyagi Arun +4 more
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Comparison of indoor and outdoor fungi and particles in poultry units [PDF]
A descriptive study was developed in order to compare indoor and outdoor air contamination caused by fungi and particles in seven poultry units. Twenty eight air samples of 25 litters were collected through the impaction method on malt extract agar ...
Carolino, E. +5 more
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CYTOLOGY OF BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID IN THE INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASES
Background. By the bronchoscopic lavaging we obtain cytological specimen of the peripheral airways and lung parenchyma. Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) examination gives us information about inflammation in the interstitial lung diseases.
Izidor Kern +4 more
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Introduction Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (CHP) is an interstitial lung disease with limited treatment response and bad prognosis. Sometimes it is indistinguishable from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) becoming one of the main differential ...
Maria Laura Alberti +6 more
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Current diagnostic status of bronchoalveolar lavage studies [PDF]
Broncboalveolar lavage using flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy has emerged as a powerful investigative tool in respiratory medicine. It has helped in better understanding of pathogenesis of various interstitial lung diseases especially idiopathic ...
Vijayan, V K
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