Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
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Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) is a most frequently recognised manifestation of pulmonary aspergillosis. Being an immunologically mediated disease, it usually occurs in atopic individuals and is caused by hypersensitivity reaction to aspergillus fumigatus. Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have mucus hypersecretion and may favour occurrence of ABPA. Howe...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Pulmonary & Respiratory Medicine
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2161-105X
DOI: 10.4172/scientificreports.253