TY - JOUR
T1 - Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis
AU - Ricketti, Anthony J.
AU - Greenberger, Paul A.
AU - Mintzer, Richard A.
AU - Patterson, Roy
PY - 1983/8
Y1 - 1983/8
N2 - Since 1968 the number of reported cases of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis in the United States has risen secondary to increased awareness by physicians and to improved diagnostic criteria for identifying the disease. The eight diagnostic criteria, the five clinical stages of the disease, the common radiographic changes, the pathologic findings, the common laboratory findings, the possible pathogenetic mechanisms involved, the differential diagnosis, the acute and chronic pulmonary function changes, and the importance of corticosteroid therapy in treatment of exacerbations and prevention of further lung damage are reviewed.
AB - Since 1968 the number of reported cases of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis in the United States has risen secondary to increased awareness by physicians and to improved diagnostic criteria for identifying the disease. The eight diagnostic criteria, the five clinical stages of the disease, the common radiographic changes, the pathologic findings, the common laboratory findings, the possible pathogenetic mechanisms involved, the differential diagnosis, the acute and chronic pulmonary function changes, and the importance of corticosteroid therapy in treatment of exacerbations and prevention of further lung damage are reviewed.
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U2 - 10.1001/archinte.1983.00350080067016
DO - 10.1001/archinte.1983.00350080067016
M3 - Article
C2 - 6870437
AN - SCOPUS:0020510907
VL - 143
SP - 1553
EP - 1557
JO - Archives of internal medicine (Chicago, Ill. : 1908)
JF - Archives of internal medicine (Chicago, Ill. : 1908)
SN - 2168-6106
IS - 8
ER -