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Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is a disease of peripheral gas exchanging part of the lung resulting from sensitisation to wide variety of materials. Eight children were diagnosed to have hyper sensitivity pneumonitis in a group of 107 children who have been referred as bronchial asthmatics. Diagnosis was established by clinical criteria, skin testing, X-ray chest, presence of precipitins in the serum, pulmonary function studies and open lung biopsy.
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Chetty, A., Malviya, A.N. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis due to cotton dust in Indian children. Indian J Pediatr 51, 341–344 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02754684
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