Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis-The HRCT Chest Imaging Scenario
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[Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis].
Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) is a syndrome seen in patients with asthma and cystic fibrosis. It is characterized by chronic colonization of the airways with a ubiquitous fungus, Aspergillus fumigatus. The clinical expression of ABPA results from the complex interaction of chronic colonization of the airways with A fumigatus, host factors allowing this colonization, and the hos...
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عنوان ژورنال: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC RESEARCH
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2249-782X
DOI: 10.7860/jcdr/2014/8255.4423