2 results for “Reaction Department”
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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…