3 results for “Reaction Department”
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Medical study · Medical research · 2002
Additional proteins in BAL fluid of Metsovites environmentally exposed to asbestos: more evidence of "protection" against neoplasia?
…The two proteins were present in all Metsovites with PCs but in none without PCs and also in none of the control groups. This study further separates two groups of Metsovites with different reaction to asbestos…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2004
Asbestos and the pleura: a review
…in pleural disease, laboratory research on how asbestos damages cells, and United States public policy. They described four benign pleural reactions (effusions, circumscribed plaques, diffuse pleural thickening and rounded atelectasis) as well as mesothelioma. Citing other…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1981
Asbestos inhalation and the induction of splenic lymphocytic proliferation in the rat
…The authors concluded that asbestos inhalation produced two distinct effects on the macrophages, one attributed to a putative asbestos-related neoantigen. They suggested immune reactions might contribute to asbestosis. The number of rats was not reported.