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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.
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- Allergic Alveolitis, Extrinsic
- Alveolitis, Extrinsic Allergic
- Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
- Pneumonitis, Hypersensitivity
- Allergic Alveolitides, Extrinsic
- Alveolitides, Extrinsic Allergic
- Extrinsic Allergic Alveolitides
- Hypersensitivity Pneumonitides
- Pneumonitides, Hypersensitivity
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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- Respiratory Hypersensitivity (1966-1976)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Extrinsic Allergic Alveolitis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000542. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000542
- Extrinsic Allergic Alveolitis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypersensitivity_pneumonitis
- Extrinsic Allergic Alveolitis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35890