Chronic beryllium disease: Computed tomographic findings

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 945-948

  Sharma, Nidhi ^a   Patel, Jeet ^b   Mohammed, Tan Lucien H ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

berylliosis; beryllium disease; computed tomography; occupational lung diseases; sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DIAGNOSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PULMONARY DISEASES;

BERYLLIOSIS; BERYLLIUM DISEASE; CHRONIC BERYLLIUM DISEASE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; MULTI SYSTEMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; SARCOIDOSIS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

BERYLLIUM; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BERYLLIOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 78650455982     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e3181ef214e     Document Type: Article

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