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  • Boyd G, Dick H M, Lorimer A R, Moran F.
    BIRD BREEDER’S LUNG. Scottish Medical Journal.1967;12:69.

  • Boyd G.
    RECENT ADVANCES IN RESPIRATORY DISEASES. Surgo,1969;26:31.
  • Boyd G, Parratt D
    THE IMPROVED DIAGNOSIS OF FARMER’S LUNG USING FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TEST. Thorax,1974; 29:417.

  • Nielsen K H, Parratt D, Boyd G, White R G.
    THE USE OF RADIOLABELLED ANTIGLOBULIN FOR THE QUANTITATION OF ANTIBODY TO SOLUBLE ANTIGENS RENDERED PARTICULATE: APPLICATION TO HUMAN SERA FROM “PIGEON FANCIER’S LUNG SYNDROME.” International Archives of Allergy and Applied Immunology, 1974;47:339.

  • Parratt D, Nielsen H K, Boyd G, White R G.
    THE QHANTITATION OF ANTIBODY IN FARMER’S LUNG SYNDROME USING RADIO-IMMUNOASSAY: RESULTS OF A CLINICAL SURVEY AND COMPARISON OF THREE SEROLOGICAL METHODS. Clinical and Experimental Immunology, 1975;20:217.

  • Howie A D, Boyd G, Mclay A L C, Moran F.
    PULMONARY HYPERSENSITIVITY TO RAMIN (GONYSTYLUS BANCANUS). Thorax, 1976; 31:585.

  • Parratt D, Boyd G.
    FARMER’S LUNG: A NEGLECTED ANTIGEN. Lancet,1976;1:1294.

  • Boyd G.
    CLINICAL AND IMMUNOLOGICAL STUDIES IN PULMONARY EXTRINSIC ALLERGIC ALVEOLITIS. Scottish Medical Journal, 1978; 23:267.

  • Boyd G.
    PULMONARY FUNCTION CHANGES IN PIGEON BREEDERS DISEASE. The Mast Cell in Health and Disease. ed. Pepys J, Edwards A M., 1979: 283-286 . Pitman’s Medical, Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

  • Banham S W, Lynch P P, Boyd G.
    PIGEON BREEDER’S DISEASE, CONSTITUTIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES OF THE HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION, Clinical Allergy,1980; 10:350-351.

  • Munro A C, Inglis G, Lynch P P, Boyd G.
    A SURVEY OF P1-ANTIBODIES IN SCOTTISH PIGEON FANCIERS. Clinical Allergy,1980; 10:643-650

  • Banham S W, McKenzie H, McSharry C P, Lynch P P, Boyd G.
    ANTIBODY AGAINST PIGEON BLOOM EXTRACT: A FURTHER ANTIGEN IN PIGEON FANCIER’S LUNG, Clinical Allergy, 1982;12:173-178.

  • Boyd G, McSharry C P, Banham S W, Lynch P P.
    A CURRENT VIEW OF PIGEON FANCIER’S LUNG - A MODEL FOR PULMONARY EXTRINSIC ALLERGIC ALVEOLITIS. Clinical Allergy, 1982:12:Supplement:53-59.

  • McSharry C P, Lynch P P, Banham S W, Boyd G.
    SEASONAL VARIATION OF ANTIBODY LEVELS AMONG PIGEON FANCIERS. Clinical Allergy,1983; 13:293-299.

  • McSharry C P, Lynch P P, Banham S W, Boyd G.
    SKIN TESTING AND EXTRINSIC ALLERGIC ALVEOLITIS. Clinical & Experimental Immunology, 1983;54:282-288..

  • McSharry C P, Banham S W, Lynch P P, Boyd G.
    ANTIBODY MEASUREMENT IN EXTRINSIC ALLERGIC ALVEOLITIS. European Journal of Respiratory Disease, 1984; 65:259-265.

  • Anderson K, McSharry C P, Boyd G.
    RADIOGRAPHIC CHANGES IN HUMIDIFIER FEVER. Thorax, 1985; 40:4:3:312-313.

  • McSharry C, Banham S W, Boyd G.
    EFFECTS OF CIGARETTE SMOKING ON THE ANTIBODY RESPONSE TO INHALED ANTIGENS AND THE PREVALENCE OF EXTRINSIC ALLERGIC ALVEOLITIS AMONG PIGEON BREEDERS. Clinical Allergy, 1985; 15(5): 487-494.

  • Banham S W, McSharry C P, Lynch P P, Boyd G.
    RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN AVIAN EXPOSURE, HUMORAL IMMUNE RESPONSE, AND PIGEON BREEDER’S DISEASE, AMONG SCOTTISH PIGEON FANCIERS. Thorax,1986;41 (4):274-278.

  • Boyd G, Anderson K, McSharry C P.
    IMMUNOLOGICAL RESPONSIVENESS IN HUMIDIFIER FEVER. Maladies des Climatiseurs et des Humidifiers. Ed. Claude Molina. Coque Inserm. 1986; 135:87-90.

  • Boyd G.
    THE ROLE OF ALLERGY IN RESPIRATORY MEDICINE. Medicine International, 1986;2:1518-1522.

  • McSharry C P, Anderson K, Boyd G.
    SEROLOGICAL AND CLINICAL INVESTIGATION OF HUMIDIFIER FEVER. Clinical Allergy,1987;17 (1):15-22.

  • Anderson K, McSharry C P, Boyd G.
    AIR CONDITIONING AND DISEASE. Lancet, 1987;(ii): 1400 (letter)

  • Anderson K, Morrison S, Bourke S, Boyd G.
    EFFECT OF CIGARETTE SMOKING ON THE SPECIFIC ANTIBODY RESPONSE IN PIGEON FANCIERS. Thorax, 1988;43 (10):798-800.

  • Boyd G.
    THE CURRENT MANAGEMENT OF ASTHMA. In: Current asthma Treatment. Therapeutic Respectives: Airway Disease. 1989;75:18-20. Theracom, London.

  • Anderson K, Walker A, Boyd G.
    THE LONG TERM EFFECT OF A POSITIVE PRESSURE REPIRATOR ON THE SPECIFIC ANTIBODY RESPONSE IN PIGEON BREEDERS. Clinical and Experimental Allergy, 1989;19 (1):45-49.

  • Bourke S J, Banham S W, Carter R, Lynch P P, Boyd G.
    LONGITUDINAL COURSE OF EXTRINSIC ALLERGIC ALVEOLITIS IN PIGEON BREEDERS. Thorax, 1989;44 (5):415-418.

  • Bourke S, Anderson K, Lynch P P, Boyd J, King S, Banham S, Boyd G.
    CHRONIC SIMPLE BRONCHITIS IN PIGEON FANCIERS. Chest, 1989;95:3:598-601.

  • Anderson K, Watt A D, Sinclair D, Lewis C, McSharry C P, Boyd G.
    CLIMATE INTERMITTANT HUMIDIFICATION AND HUMIDIFIER FEVER. British Journal of Industrial Medicine,1989;46 (9):671-674.

  • Bourke S J, Carter R, Anderson K, Boyd J, King S, Boyd G.
    OBSTRUCTIVE AIRWAYS DISEASE IN NON-SMOKING PATIENTS WITH PIGEON FANCIER’S LUNG. Clinical and Experimental Allergy, 1989;19 (6):629-632.

  • Anderson K, McSharry C P, Boyd G.
    HUMIDIFIER FEVER IN SCOTLAND. Environmental Health Scotland, 1989; 13: 10-11.

  • Anderson K, Watt A D, Sinclair D, Lewis C, Boyd G.
    SUMMER TYPE HUMIDIFIER FEVER: THE INFLUENCE OF CLIMATE. British Journal of Industrial Medicine,1989; 43:671-674.

  • Bourke S J, Frew C E, Carrington D, Boyd G.
    PSITTACOSIS IN PIGEON FANCIERS. Thorax,1990; 45:324.

  • Britton F, McSharry C, Boyd G.
    SEROLOGICAL ABNORMALITIES IN BIRD FANCIER’S LUNG (II). British Medical Journal, 1990; 301 (6747): 340.

  • Boyd G.
    PULMONARY FUNCTION CHANGES IN PIGEON FANCIER’S LUNG. Respiratory Medicine, 1990;84:5-7.

  • Bourke S J, Banham S W, McKillop J, Boyd G.
    CLEARANCE OF TECHNETIUM-99m DTPA PIGEON FANCIER’S HYPERSENSITIVITY PNEUMONITIS (MS5300). American Review of Respiratory Disease, 1990;142 (5): 1168-7.

  • Lewis C, McSharry C, Anderson K, Speekenbrink A, Kemeny D M, Durnin S, Feyerbend C, Sinclair, D, Watt A D, Boyd G.
    QUANTIFYING SERUM ANTIBODY CLASS AND SUBCLASS RESPONSES BY ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY IN HUMIDIFIER-RELATED DISEASE. Clinical and Experimental Allergy 1991;21:5:601- 607.

  • Bourke S J, Carrington D, Frew C E, Mcsharry C P, Boyd G.
    A COMPARISON OF THE SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY OF CHLAMYDIAL INFECTION IN PIGEON FANCIERS AND FARMERS IN THE U.K. Journal of Infection, 1992:25; Supplement 1;91-98.

  • McSharry C, Anderson K, Speekenbrink A, Lewis C, Boyd B.
    DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS OF SYMPTOM PATTERN AND SERUM ANTIBODY TITIRES IN HUMIDIFIER RELATED DISEASE. Thorax 1993:48;496-500.

  • Morris G, Anderson K, McSharry C, Boyd, G.
    GRAVIMETRIC DETERMINATION OF DUST AND ANTIGEN EXPRESSED IN PIGEON BREEDERS, Annals Occupational Hygiene, 1994;48 Suppl 1: 919-921.

  • Boyd G.
    COMMENTARY: PULMONARY RESPONSES TO INHALED EXOGENOUS AGENTS. Thorax, 1996; 51:656-657.
  • McSharry C, McGregor S, MacLeod K, Sriram S, Boyd G.
    ANTIBODY LEVELS IN SALIVA OF PATIENTS WITH PIGEON FANCIERS LUNG. Thorax 1996; 51, Supplement 3.,A71.

  • Colloff M J, Merrett T G, Merrett J, McSharry C, Boyd G.
    FEATHER MITES ARE POTENTIALLY AN IMPORTANT SOURCE OF ALLERGENS FOR PIGEON AND BUDGERIGAR KEEPERS. Clinical and Experimental Allergy, 1997;27:60-67.

  • Bourke S, Boyd G.
    PIGEON FANCIER’S LUNG. British Medical Journal, 1997; Vol. 315: 70-71.

  • Boyd G.
    BRONCHODILATOR THERAPY IN ASTHMA. Acta Microbiologica et Immunologica Hungarica, 1998; 45(1):143-145.

  • McSharry C, MacLeod K, McGregor A B J, Speekenbrink S, Boyd F, Boyd, G.
    MUCOSAL IMMUNITY IN EXTRINSIC ALLERGIC ALVEOLITIS: SALIVARY IMMUNOGLOBULINS AND ANTIBODY AGAINST INHALED AVIAN ANTIGENS AMONG PIGEON BREEDERS. Clinical and Experimental Allergy, 1999; 29: 957-964.
  • McSharry C, Anderson K, Boyd, G
    A REVIEW OF ANTIGEN DIVERSITY CAUSING LUNG DISEASE AMONG PIGEON BREEDERS Clinical and Experimental Allergy, 2000; Vol 30: 1221-1229

  • Bourke SJ, Dalphin JC, Boyd G, McSharry C, Baldwin CI, Calvert JE.
    HYPERSENSITIVITY PNEUMONITIS: CURRENT CONCEPTS Eur Respir J. 2001; 18:81s-92s

  • Boyd G, Boyd F.
    PIGEON FANCIER’S LUNG: AN ALLERGIC DISORDER WITH POTENTIALLY LONG-TERM SEQUELAE. Asthma J. 2002;7:127-132

  • McSharry C, Anderson K, Bourke SJ, Boyd G.
    TAKES YOUR BREATH AWAY - THE IMMUNOLOGY OF ALLERGIC ALVEOLITIS Clin Exp Immunol. 2002; 128: 3-9

  • McSharry C
    EDITORIAL: B LYMPHOCYTES IN ALLERGIC ALVEOLITIS Clinical and Experimental Allergy, 2003;159-162


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