Severe emphysema and not progressive fibrosis, as the long-term sequela of hypersensitivity pneumonitis caused by a contaminated humidifier

G. Walters (Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, United Kingdom), A. Robertson (Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, United Kingdom), S. Burge (Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, United Kingdom)

Source: International Congress 2019 – Environment, work and respiratory health in occupational and environmental lung diseases
Disease area: Interstitial lung diseases

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