3 results for “Reaction Department”
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Medical study · Medical research · 1986
Gallium scanning in differentiating malignant from benign asbestos-related pleural disease
…no history of exposure. Scans were also positive in 3 of the 16 patients with benign disease (19%), and tissue removed from these three showed a strong inflammatory reaction. Among asbestos-exposed patients, the scan's…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2013
No association between simian virus 40 and diffuse malignant mesothelioma of the pleura in Iranian patients: a molecular and epidemiologic case-control study of 60 patients
…analysis. We related the patients with diffuse malignant mesothelioma to possible sites of exposure to asbestos. None of the DMMs nor any patient in the control group had SV40 genome on polymerase chain reaction (PCR). All…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1983
Exposure to asbestos: psychological responses of mesothelioma patients
…to evaluate asbestos exposure, acquisition of increased risk information, and retrospective reporting of cognitive and behavioral reactions (particularly smoking behavior) to risk information. Twenty-eight patients (74%) had direct occupational contact with asbestos, and six patients…