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Acute Kidney Injury Secondary to Necrotizing Sarcoid Granulomatosis
Background. Sarcoidosis is a chronic disease characterized by noncaseating lesions involving any organ and tissue in the body. Hypercalcemia and acute kidney injury is a common renal presentation of sarcoidosis. Necrotizing sarcoid granulomatosis (NSG) is a granulomatous disease entity which presents with nodular masses of sarcoid like granuloma which ...
Varun Mamidi +5 more
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Bronchoalveolar lavage in occupational lung diseases [PDF]
Occupational lung diseases (OLDs) are related to the exposure and inhalation of organic, inorganic, and synthetic particles, fumes, gases, or infectious agents. From the long list of OLDs this article focuses the discussion on bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL)
Alfaro, TM +3 more
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Purpose. Sarcoidosis is a systemic granulomatous disease with unknown etiology. Many clinical presentations have been reported, and acute disease needs to be distinguished from subacute and chronic disease. The unpredictable clinical course of the disease prompted us to evaluate the clinical utility of biomarker serum detection in sarcoidosis follow‐up.
Laura Bergantini +8 more
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Pulmonary adenocarcinoma mutation profile in smokers with smoking-related interstitial fibrosis [PDF]
Cigarette smoking is an established cause of lung cancer. However, pulmonary fibrosis is also an independent risk factor for the development of lung cancer. Smoking-related interstitial fibrosis (SRIF) has recently been reported.
Dias-Santagata, Dora +3 more
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Despite a number of prospective registries conducted in past years, the current epidemiology of interstitial lung diseases (ILD) is still not well defined, particularly regarding the prevalence and incidence, their management, healthcare utilisation needs, and healthcare‐associated costs.
Michael Kreuter +12 more
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Antioxidant compounds such as glutathione and its enzymes have become the focus of attention of medical sciences. Glutathione, a specific tripeptide, is involved in many intercellular processes. The glutathione concentration is determined by the number of GAG repeats in gamma‐glutamylcysteine synthetase.
Szymon Zmorzyński +4 more
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Current diagnostic status of bronchoalveolar lavage studies [PDF]
Broncboalveolar lavage using flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy has emerged as a powerful investigative tool in respiratory medicine. It has helped in better understanding of pathogenesis of various interstitial lung diseases especially idiopathic ...
Vijayan, V K
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Ground zero soil sampling: Trinity, 1945
At Trinity—the world's first nuclear weapons testing site—large quantities of soil were drawn into the fireball to redeposit either downwind as radioactive fallout or in the near‐field as a unique, anthropogenic silicate glass trinitite. Manhattan Project physicists and chemists came to see soils at the Trinity site as a useful medium to assess the ...
Edward R. Landa
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Palpable mass is a common complaint presented to the breast surgeon. It is very uncommon for patients to report breast mass associated with palpable masses in other superficial structures. When these masses are related to systemic granulomatous diseases, the diagnosis and initiation of specific therapy can be challenging.
Rodrigo Menezes Jales +4 more
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Comparison of Two Surface Contamination Sampling Techniques Conducted for the Characterization of Two Pajarito Site Manhattan Project National Historic Park Properties [PDF]
Technical Area-18 (TA-18), also known as Pajarito Site, is located on Los Alamos National Laboratory property and has historic buildings that will be included in the Manhattan Project National Historic Park.
Tammy, Lopez
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