3 results for “Reaction Department”
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Medical study · Medical research · 1984
Pleural changes and exposure to fibrous minerals
…there are very few reactions of the second type, while plaques are very common. In Turkey, where the exposure is to erionite, the mesothelioma level is extremely high, and reactions of type two are very common…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1994
The human evidence: parenchymal and pleural changes
Asbestos inhalation can cause fibrotic reactions both in the lung parenchyma and in the pleura. The incidence and relative proportions of these lesions in any cohort will be dependent on: (1) the time factor: both asbestosis…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1997
Pleural disease during treatment with bromocriptine in patients previously exposed to asbestos
Bromocriptine, which is used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease, can cause adverse pleuropulmonary reactions. Exposure to asbestos can result in similar lesions. Fifteen patients with former exposure to asbestos, who developed pleural fibrosis after…