Pleural mesothelioma in a couple of brothers

Malignant mesotheliomas of the pleura, epithelial type, were observed in two brothers. Both the patients had histories of severe exposure to asbestos, having worked as insulators. The latency periods in the two cases were 26 and 38 years, respectively. Available literature data suggest that mesothel...

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Autores principales: Bianchi, Claudio, Bianchi, Tommaso
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4035608/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24872671
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5278.130865
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description Malignant mesotheliomas of the pleura, epithelial type, were observed in two brothers. Both the patients had histories of severe exposure to asbestos, having worked as insulators. The latency periods in the two cases were 26 and 38 years, respectively. Available literature data suggest that mesothelioma occurrence among blood-related people is favored by a genetic predisposition.
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spelling pubmed-40356082014-05-28 Pleural mesothelioma in a couple of brothers Bianchi, Claudio Bianchi, Tommaso Indian J Occup Environ Med Case Report Malignant mesotheliomas of the pleura, epithelial type, were observed in two brothers. Both the patients had histories of severe exposure to asbestos, having worked as insulators. The latency periods in the two cases were 26 and 38 years, respectively. Available literature data suggest that mesothelioma occurrence among blood-related people is favored by a genetic predisposition. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC4035608/ /pubmed/24872671 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5278.130865 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Pleural mesothelioma in a couple of brothers
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4035608/
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