Asbestos-related pleural and lung fibrosis in patients with retroperitoneal fibrosis

BACKGROUND: Retroperitoneal fibrosis (RPF) is a rare fibroinflammatory disease that leads to hydronephrosis and renal failure. In a case-control study, we have recently shown that asbestos exposure was the most important risk factor for RPF in the Finnish population. The aim of this study was to eva...

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Autores principales: Uibu, Toomas, Järvenpää, Ritva, Hakomäki, Jari, Auvinen, Anssi, Honkanen, Eero, Metsärinne, Kaj, Roto, Pekka, Saha, Heikki, Uitti, Jukka, Oksa, Panu
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2596089/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19014533
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1750-1172-3-29

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2596089/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19014533
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1750-1172-3-29

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