Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis A Perspective From Members of the Pulmonary Pathology Society

Ross Miller1, Timothy Craig Allen1, Roberto J Barrios1

  • 1From the Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas (Drs Miller, Barrios, Cagle, and Ge); the Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston (Dr Allen); the Department of Pathology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York (Dr Beasley); the Department of Histopathology, Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland (Dr Burke); the Department of Pathology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil (Dr Capelozzi); the Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (Drs Hariri, Mark, and Mino-Kenudson); the Department of Pathology, Aberdeen University School of Medicine, Aberdeen, United Kingdom (Dr Kerr); the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida (Dr Khoor); the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona (Drs Larsen and Smith); the Department of Pathology, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Japan (Dr Matsubara); the Department of Pathology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee (Dr Mehrad); the Department of Pathology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois (Dr Raparia); the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota (Dr Roden); the Department of Pathology, St Vincent's Pathology, Fitzroy, Australia (Dr Russell); the Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Dr Schneider); and the Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts (Dr Sholl).

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