Emphysema in active farmer's lung disease.

Farmer's lung (FL) is a common type of hypersensitivity pneumonitis. It is often considered that fibrosis is the most frequent finding in chronic FL. Nevertheless, three cohort studies have suggested that some patients with chronic FL may develop emphysema. We aimed to evaluate the current prev...

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Main Authors: Thibaud Soumagne, Marie-Laure Chardon, Gaël Dournes, Lucie Laurent, Bruno Degano, François Laurent, Jean Charles Dalphin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5470683?pdf=render