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Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis: A Silent Epidemic?
Purpose of ReviewHypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP), along with interstitial lung disease as a whole, is a disorder with rising incidence, morbidity,...
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Concurrent features of sarcoidosis and hypersensitivity pneumonitis in two patients exposed to fungal antigens
BackgroundSarcoidosis and hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) are two distinct clinical entities that share granulomatous inflammation, although each...
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Role of transforming growth factor beta in assessment of severity of hypersensitivity pneumonitis: a single center study
BackgroundHypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) is a more frequently diagnosed picture of diffuse parenchymal lung disease. It is an inflammation of the...
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New Paradigms in Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
Purpose of ReviewThis review aims to briefly discuss the new paradigms explored in the recent past especially for the diagnosis and treatment of...
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Phenotypic subtypes of fibrotic hypersensitivity pneumonitis identified by machine learning consensus clustering analysis
BackgroundPatients with fibrotic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (f-HP) have varied clinical and radiologic presentations whose associated phenotypic...
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Predictors of pulmonary hypertension in patients with hypersensitivity pneumonitis
BackgroundHypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) is an immunologically induced inflammation of the lung parenchyma that occurs in susceptible individuals...
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Updates in Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis: A Narrative Review
Purpose of ReviewHypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) is an immune-mediated disease triggered by a known or unknown antigen. While reversible in the...
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Assessment of clinical relevance of antigen improves diagnostic accuracy of hypersensitivity pneumonitis
BackgroundExposure assessment is integral to the diagnosis of hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP). Although the clinical relevance of exposed antigens...
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Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: new concepts and classifications
The clinical and pathologic diagnosis of hypersensitivity pneumonitis has been confounded by conflicting definitions, with two recent guidelines...
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Vascular endothelial growth factor in hypersensitivity pneumonitis and connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung disease
BackgroundA growing evidence on the role of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in the pathogenesis of interstitial lung diseases accumulated...
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The effectiveness and pharmacoeconomic study of using different corticosteroids in the treatment of hypersensitivity pneumonitis
PurposeInterstitial lung diseases (ILDs) are caused by inflammation and/or fibrosis of alveolar walls resulting in impaired gas exchange....
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Longitudinal changes in serum immunoglobulin G testing in patients with fibrotic avian hypersensitivity pneumonitis
BackgroundEvaluation of the antigen responsible for fibrotic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) is challenging. Serum immunoglobulin (Ig) G testing...
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Impact of radiographic honeycombing on transplant free survival and efficacy of immunosuppression in fibrotic hypersensitivity pneumonitis
BackgroundThe distinction between hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) was thought to be important due to the...
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Clusters of comorbidities in fibrotic hypersensitivity pneumonitis
BackgroundHypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) is a type of interstitial lung disease (ILD) with a variable disease course and prognosis ranging from...
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Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis With and Without Autoimmune Features: A Clinical Comparative Analysis
BackgroundHypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) is an interstitial lung disease (ILD) caused by an immunological reaction to repeated inhalational...
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Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis is associated with an increased risk of venous thromboembolism: a retrospective cohort study
BackgroundIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis share commonalities in pathogenesis shifting haemostasis...
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Impact of antigen avoidance test for fibrotic hypersensitivity pneumonitis in stable phase
BackgroundThe antigen avoidance has been used in the diagnosis and treatment of hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP); however, its usefulness in stable...
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Pediatric hypersensitivity pneumonitis: literature update and proposal of a diagnostic algorithm
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) is a rare disease in childhood with the prevalence of 4 cases per 1 million children and an incidence of 2 cases...
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High-resolution computed tomography features of asbestosis versus fibrotic hypersensitivity pneumonitis: an observational study
BackgroundAsbestosis and fibrotic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (FHP) share the pathogenetic mechanisms induced bronchiolocentric fibrotic process...
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A first look at the reliability, validity and responsiveness of L-PF-35 dyspnea domain scores in fibrotic hypersensitivity pneumonitis
BackgroundDyspnea impairs quality of life (QOL) in patients with fibrotic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (FHP). The Living with Pulmonary Fibrosis...
