Asbestosis: assessment by bronchoalveolar lavage and measurement of pulmonary epithelial permeability.

Thirty two patients with asbestosis were assessed by means of bronchoalveolar lavage (27 patients) and the half time clearance from lungs to blood (T1/2LB) of an inhaled aerosol of diethylenetriamine pentacetate (DTPA) labelled with technetium 99m (32 patients). T1/2LB was also measured in 20 non-sm...

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Main Authors: Gellert, A R, Langford, J A, Winter, R J, Uthayakumar, S, Sinha, G, Rudd, R M
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 1985
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC460122/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4035617
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