Giant cell interstitial pneumonia in a nickel metal hydride battery worker: A case report and literature review

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 1668-1672

  Cai, Hou Rong ^a   Cao, Min ^a   Meng, Fan Qing ^a   Wei, Jing Yi ^a   Hou, Jie ^a  

^a MEDICAL SCHOOL OF NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Giant cells; Interstitial pneumonia; Pneumoconiosis

Indexed keywords

AMINOPHYLLINE; CEPHALOSPORIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; NICKEL; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DISEASE COURSE; FLAME PHOTOMETRY; FOLLOW UP; GIANT CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG INTERSTITIUM; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BIOPSY; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MALE; METALLURGY; NICKEL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 27144450594     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: 03666999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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