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A Reconsideration of Acute Beryllium Disease

CONTEXT: Although chronic beryllium disease (CBD) is clearly an immune-mediated granulomatous reaction to beryllium, acute beryllium disease (ABD) is commonly considered an irritative chemical phenomenon related to high exposures. Given reported new cases of ABD and projected increased demand for be...

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Autores principales: Cummings, Kristin J., Stefaniak, Aleksandr B., Virji, M. Abbas, Kreiss, Kathleen
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2721869/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19672405
http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.0800455