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Pigeon fanciers lung: a case report
INTRODUCTION Pigeon fanciers lung, a form of hypersensitivity pneumonitis, is an unusual but important occupational and recreational cause of severe and debilitating breathlessness. CASE PRESENTATION We report the case of a 61-year-old Caucasian man suffering with severe breathlessness due to pigeon fanciers lung. He had previously raced and bred pigeons for 25 years but had discontinued the ...
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Lung mucociliary clearance was measured in 15 pigeon fanciers. The study group was subdivided into two: a precipitin-positive group (n = 10; mean +/- SEM age 45 +/- 5 years) with circulating blood precipitins and a precipitin-negative group (n = 5; mean +/- SEM age 40 +/- 3 years) without. Clearance was measured using an objective, noninvasive radioaerosol technique. The data for both groups we...
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Feral Pigeons have colonised all corners of the Earth, having developed a close association with humans and their activities. The wild ancestor of the Feral Pigeon, the Rock Dove, is a species of rocky habitats, nesting typically on cliff ledges and at the entrance to large caves. This habit would have brought them into close contact with cave-dwelling humans, a relationship usually linked to t...
متن کاملChronic Bronchitis in Pigeon Fanciers
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.315.7118.1311