Chest
Volume 115, Issue 2, February 1999, Pages 364-370
Clinical InvestigationsHYPERSENSITIVITYAllergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis in Cystic Fibrosis: Role of Atopy and Response to Itraconazole
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Key words
allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis
atopy
Aspergillus fumigatus
CFTR
corticosteroids
cystic fibrosis
genotype
Ig E
itraconazole
Abbreviations
ABPA
allergicbronchopulmonary aspergillosis
Af
Aspergillusfumigatus
ALT
alanine transaminase
AST
aspartatetransaminase
CF
cystic fibrosis
CFTR
cystic fibrosistransmembrane conductance regulator
LPCH
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
s Ig E
specific Ig E
t Ig E
total Ig E
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Supported by the Ross Mosier Fund.
Ms. Nepomuceno is a recipient of a Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Student Traineeship Award. Portions of this work were presented at the 1996North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference (Pediatr Pulmonol 1996; suppl13: 327) and the 1997 International Lung Conference of the American Thoracic Society (Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1997; 155:AG44).
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