Article
Difference in the phenotypes of bronchoalveolar lavage lymphocytes in patients with summer-type hypersensitivity pneumonitis, farmer's lung, ventilation pneumonitis, and bird fancier's lung: report of a nationwide epidemiologic study in Japan.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology - 1 May 1991
Ando M, Konishi K, Yoneda R, Tamura M
Abstract excerpt
We performed a nationwide epidemiologic study of hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) in Japan by questionnaire and found that 835 cases of HP were recognized during the 1980s; 74.4% were summer-type HP, 8.1% farmer's lung, 4.3% ventilation pneumonitis, 4.1% bird fancier's lung, 2.3% other types, su...
Topics
- Age Factors
- Alveolitis, Extrinsic Allergic
- Antigens, CD
- Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte
- Bird Fancier's Lung
- Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid
- CD4 Antigens
- CD8 Antigens
- Farmer's Lung
- Humans
- Japan
- Lymphocytes
- Phenotype
- Prevalence