Alveolitis, Extrinsic Allergic
"Alveolitis, Extrinsic Allergic" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A common interstitial lung disease caused by hypersensitivity reactions of PULMONARY ALVEOLI after inhalation of and sensitization to environmental antigens of microbial, animal, or chemical sources. The disease is characterized by lymphocytic alveolitis and granulomatous pneumonitis.
| Descriptor ID |
D000542
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C08.381.483.125 C08.674.055 C20.543.480.680.075
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| Concept/Terms |
Alveolitis, Extrinsic Allergic- Alveolitis, Extrinsic Allergic
- Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
- Hypersensitivity Pneumonitides
- Pneumonitides, Hypersensitivity
- Pneumonitis, Hypersensitivity
- Allergic Alveolitis, Extrinsic
- Allergic Alveolitides, Extrinsic
- Alveolitides, Extrinsic Allergic
- Extrinsic Allergic Alveolitides
- Extrinsic Allergic Alveolitis
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