"Asbestosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A form of pneumoconiosis caused by inhalation of asbestos fibers which elicit potent inflammatory responses in the parenchyma of the lung. The disease is characterized by interstitial fibrosis of the lung, varying from scattered sites to extensive scarring of the alveolar interstitium.
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D001195
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C08.381.483.581.125 C08.381.520.702.125 C24.800.127
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Asbestosis" by people in Profiles.
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Atypical rounded atelectasis: diagnosis and management based on results of F-18 FDG positron emission tomography. Clin Nucl Med. 2005 Nov; 30(11):734-5.
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Asbestos exposure, pleural mesothelioma, and serum osteopontin levels. N Engl J Med. 2005 Oct 13; 353(15):1564-73.
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[Pleural malignant mesothelioma in a barber: a case of atypical and indirect professional exposure to asbestos]. Med Lav. 2005 Mar-Apr; 96(2):177-8.
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Radiologic-pathologic conferences of the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center: Extraskeletal osteosarcoma of the pleura. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2003 Apr; 180(4):972.
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Dual-energy digital subtraction chest radiography: technical considerations. Curr Probl Diagn Radiol. 2002 Mar-Apr; 31(2):48-62.
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The sensitivity of detection of asbestos bodies in sputa and bronchial washings. Acta Cytol. 1988 Sep-Oct; 32(5):647-50.
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Letter: Fire-eater's asbestosis. JAMA. 1974 Jul 01; 229(1):23.