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Clinical and radiological features of pulmonary disease due to culture-positive M. tuberculosis or nontuberculous mycobacteria in South African gold miners. [PDF]

, 2005
Pulmonary mycobacterial disease may be due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis or nontuberculous mycobacteria ...
Glyn Thomas, R, Glynn, JR, Godfrey-Faussett, P, Murray, J, Shearer, S, Sonnenberg, P   +5 more
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A2aR inhibits fibrosis and the EMT process in silicosis by regulating Wnt/β-catenin pathway

, 2022
Yangyang Tian, Jiarui Xia, Guo Yang, Chao Li, Yuanmeng Qi, Kai Dai, Chenchen Wu, Yonghua Guo, Wu Yao, Changfu Hao   +9 more
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Latent tuberculosis infection and infection-associated risk factors for miner workers with silicosis in eastern China

BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Objectives Silicosis people are at high risk of developing pulmonary tuberculosis. Whether silica exposure increases the likelihood of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) was not well understood, and potential factors involved in LTBI risk among ...
Xinsong Hu, Cheng Chen, Qianqian Gao, Lang Zhou, Yan Shao, Guoli Li, Honghuan Song, Qiao Liu, Lei Han, Limei Zhu   +9 more
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Silica-exposed patients with silicosis show shorter telomeres than do unexposed individuals: a pilot study in a population in southeastern Brazil [PDF]

Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia
Objective: Silicosis is a pneumoconiosis characterized by fibrosis of the lung parenchyma caused by the inhalation of silica particles. Silica dust inhalation is associated with inflammation and induction of oxidative stress in the lungs.
Marcos César Santos de Castro, Lucas de Carvalho Costa, Kaio Cezar Rodrigues Salum, Hermano Albuquerque de Castro, Patrícia Canto Ribeiro, Walter Costa, Angela Santos Ferreira Nani, Fabiana Barzotto Kohlrausch   +7 more
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[Silicosis].

Medicina clinica, 2007
This chapter presents a review of the national and international literature on the subject of silicosis. Epidemiological, pathological, diagnostic and pulmonary function aspects are discussed. The clinical classification and methods of treating silicosis are reviewed, as are other silicarelated diseases such as tuberculosis, lung cancer and scleroderma.
Francesc, Paris, Pere, Sanz-Gallén, Santiago, Nogué, Pietro, Melloni   +3 more
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Genotype TNF - α( - 308) and Silicosis on Factory Workers in Vietnam in 2020

, 2021
Việt Dũng Nguyễn, Thị Thu Huyen Nguyen, Xuan Dat Dao, Xuan Quy VU, Thi Quan PHAM, Thi Kim Chung LE, Huy Thinh Tran, Thi Huong LE, Ngoc Anh NGUYEN, Viet Nhung NGUYEN, Ngoc Hong NGUYEN, Mai Anh LUONG, Thi Thanh Xuan LE   +12 more
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Mejora de la calidad de vida en pacientes con silicosis fumadores [PDF]

, 2017
Se diseña un Programa de Educación para la Salud centrado en la actuación del personal sanitario, fundamentalmente de enfermería, sobre las personas con silicosis, una enfermedad respiratoria, crónica e incurable provocada por la acumulación de polvo de ...
Giraldo Aragón, Víctor
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Development of experimental silicosis in inbred and outbred mice depends on instillation volume [PDF]

, 2019
Jessica Mayeux, Dwight H. Kono, Kenneth Michael Pollard   +2 more
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Relationship between plasma SP-A expression level and disease stage in silicosis patients

Shanghai yufang yixue
ObjectiveTo investigate the relationship between plasma surfactant protein⁃A （SP⁃A） expression level and silicosis progression， and to provide early evidence for exploring whether SP⁃A can be used as a biomarker for clinical monitoring of silicosis ...
CHEN Kengkeng, ZHANG Bizhu, PENG Yingyi, LIU Zhifang, CHEN Xiaoyan, JIN Jiachun   +5 more
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Bilateral Spontaneous Pneumothorax in Chronic Silicosis: A Case Report

Case Reports in Pathology, 2014
Silicosis is an occupational lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline silica. People working in occupations like sandblasting, surface drilling, tunneling, silica flour milling, ceramic making, and so forth are predisposed to develop silicosis ...
Pritinanda Mishra, Sajini Elizabeth Jacob, Debdatta Basu, Manoj Kumar Panigrahi, Vishnukanth Govindaraj   +4 more
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