Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis 2012 Review (More PulmCCM Topic Updates) Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (external intrinsic alveolitis) is an "orphan disease," which means it's uncommon and lacks any likely way to effectively "monetize" the disease with drugs or device therapy, resulting in its being largely ignored from a research funding standpoint. If you think you don't know much about it, don't feel bad: no one does. Expert panels (the 2 majors being the NHLBI and the HP Study Group) can't even agree on a definition for hypersensitivity pneumonitis, but they seem to agree on the following:
Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis Update (Review)
Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis Update (Review)
Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis Update (Review)
Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis 2012 Review (More PulmCCM Topic Updates) Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (external intrinsic alveolitis) is an "orphan disease," which means it's uncommon and lacks any likely way to effectively "monetize" the disease with drugs or device therapy, resulting in its being largely ignored from a research funding standpoint. If you think you don't know much about it, don't feel bad: no one does. Expert panels (the 2 majors being the NHLBI and the HP Study Group) can't even agree on a definition for hypersensitivity pneumonitis, but they seem to agree on the following: