6 results for “Reaction Department”
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Medical study · Medical research · 1974
Antemortem diagnosis in two cases of malignant peritoneal mesothelioma
…the abdomen. A biopsy taken by peritoneoscopy, a scope inserted into the abdomen, was read as consistent with mesothelioma or an inflammatory reaction. The Armed Forces Institute of Pathology then confirmed mesothelioma. He died, and autopsy…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1979
Milky spots (Taches laiteuses) as structures which trap asbestos in mesothelial layers and their significance in the pathogenesis of mesothelial neoplasia
…were seen in either group. The authors concluded that milky spots may trap blood-borne particles. They suggested that the cells' reaction to trapped fibres might be an early step toward tumours of the body cavities.
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · September 10, 1973 · in the opinion
Borel v. Fibreboard Paper Products Corporation (1973)
…fibers, once inhaled, remain in place in the lung, causing a tissue reaction that is slowly progressive and apparently irreversible. Even if no additional asbestos fibers are inhaled, tissue changes may continue undetected for decades. By…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1978
Lymphocyte responses to phytohaemagglutinin in patients with asbestosis and pleural mesothelioma
…Two of the ten showed slight impairment, and all ten showed delayed skin reactions to common test substances. The authors concluded that the study suggests a link between impaired T-lymphocyte function and the scarring process…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1973
Acute and chronic effects of intraperitoneal injection of two types of asbestos in rats with a study of the histopathogenesis and ultrastructure of resulting mesotheliomas
…approximately 40% mortality, within 8 days after the injection associated with acute peritonities. Tissue reactions to these two types of asbestos were significantly different. Crocidolite fibers were easily seen by light microscopy, in the tissue sections…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1978
Corpora amylacea in mesothelioma of the atrioventricular node
… ortochromasia and red birefringence with standardised toluidine blue; positive DMAB-nitrite and diazotisation coupling reactions and spontaneous autofluorescence. It is suggested that these bodies are derived from spontaneous assembly or polymerisation of microfibrils of desquamated cells…