Hard metal lung disease successfully treated with inhaled corticosteroids

Internal Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 1957-1961

  Nureki, Shin Ichi ^a   Miyazaki, Eishi ^a   Nishio, Suehiro ^a   Ando, Masaru ^a   Kumamoto, Toshihide ^a  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hard metal lung disease; Inhaled corticosteroid therapy; Tungsten; Video associated lung biopsy

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CICLESONIDE HYDROFLUOROALKANE; CORTICOSTEROID; KL 6 PROTEIN; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; SURFACTANT PROTEIN A; SURFACTANT PROTEIN D; TUNGSTEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HARD METAL LUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG NODULE; MALE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY; VITAL CAPACITY; X RAY MICROANALYSIS;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ALLOYS; COBALT; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUNGSTEN;

EID: 84883429717     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.52.0095     Document Type: Article

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