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SUBMITTER: Leone PM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7105432 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Leone Paolo Maria PM Richeldi Luca L
Tuberculosis and respiratory diseases 20200310 2
Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis (HP) one of the most common interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) is characterized by exposure to an inhaled inciting antigen that leads to a host immunologic reaction determining interstitial inflammation and architectural distortion. The underlying pathogenetic mechanisms are unclear. The absence of international shared diagnostic guidelines and the lack of a "gold-standard" test for HP combined with the presence of several clinical and radiologic overlapping features ...[more]