Induced sputum as an additional tool in the identification of metal-induced sarcoid-like reaction

Sarcoidosis Vasculitis and Diffuse Lung Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 152-156

  Fireman, Elizabeth ^a   Goshen, Mordechai ^a   Ganor, Eliezer ^b   Spirer, Zvi ^b   Lerman, Yehuda ^c,d  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Asaf Harofe Medical Center   (Israel)

^c Occupational Health and Rehabilitation Institute Israel   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aluminium granulomatosis; Induced sputum; Occupational exposure

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BERYLLIUM; METAL;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG GRANULOMA; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION TEST; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; WELDING;

ADULT; ALUMINUM; DUST; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; SPUTUM; WELDING;

EID: 3242683412     PISSN: 11240490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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