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Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis (Mycosis) and Severe Asthma with Fungal Sensitivity
CHAPTER 48 Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis (Mycosis) and Severe Asthma with Fungal Sensitivity Geoffrey L. Chupp INTRODUCTION Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) is an idiopathic inflammatory disease of the lung, characterized by…
Personalized Pulmonary Medicine
CHAPTER 9 Personalized Pulmonary Medicine Benjamin A. RabyKelan G. Tantisira INTRODUCTION Since the first draft sequences of the human genome were completed in 2001,1,2 medical research has increasingly focused on…
HHV-8-Related Lung Neoplastic and Nonneoplastic Diseases
Fig. 20.1 Skin. KS showing epidermis on the left and proliferation of spindle cells with many vascular channels and mild inflammatory reaction on the mid and right side of the…
Herpesvirus
Fig. 6.1 Herpesvirus-1 ×7500 (Courtesy M. Selig) 6.4 Immunology Herpesvirus types 1 and 2 can both infect the lung (Ramsey et al. 1982). HSV-1 is the most frequent cause of…
