4 results for “Reaction Department”
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Medical study · Medical research · 1991
Inflammation of the visceral pleura, a nonspecific asbestos-related pleural reaction: chest radiograph and computed tomograph correlation
…radiograph. The computed tomograph counterparts of these strands are seen as interlobular septal intrusions and lenticular or wedge-shaped subpleural opacities. The pleural reaction is nonspecific and may be found with asbestos exposure, traumatic hemorrhagic effusions…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1974
The ingestion of asbestos fibers
…which probably came from iron-containing macrophages. It is suggested that pleural plaques and hyaline nodules in the peritoneum represent a hypersensitivity reaction to ferritin protein coating on asbestos fibers. In South Africa only a few…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1977
Immunological studies of patients with asbestosis. I. Studies of cell-mediated immunity
…Cape crocidolite and amosite. On skin tests, reactions to tuberculin did not differ significantly between the groups. Five of 26 patients and no controls failed to react to Candida extract. Fourteen of 26 patients and 6…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1991
Radiological features of asbestos-related visceral pleural changes
…Generally, visceral pleural reactions follow the mesothelial cells response to various injurious substances, including asbestos, and even saline. The changes are nonspecific. They may occur subsequent to pleural reactions associated with many conditions, which include tuberculosis…