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HRCT findings in rats with long-term exposure to smokes of cigarette and biomass fuels
(ACADEMIC JOURNALS, 2010)
The harmful effects of tobacco's smoke have been well-known for years and several studies revealed that exposure to biomass smoke can markedly increase the prevalence of respiratory disorders. In this study, separate and ...
THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN PLASMA D-DIMER LEVELS AND COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA
(HOSPITAL CLINICAS, UNIV SAO PAULO, 2010)
BACKGROUND: Plasma D-dimer levels are directly related to the intra- and extra-vascular coagulation that occurs in acute and chronic lung damage in patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). OBJECTIVES: This study ...
Tissue specific epigenetic silencing of the distinct tumor suppressor genes in lung cancer
(ACADEMIC JOURNALS, 2010)
The role of aberrant methylation of the cytosine-guanine dinucleotide islands in the promoter region of tumor suppressor genes in lung cancer development is increasingly recognized. DNAs extracted from cancer tissue biopsies ...
A Frame-Shift Mutation in the SLC34A2 Gene in Three Patients with Pulmonary Alveolar Microlithiasis in an Inbred Family
(JAPAN SOC INTERNAL MEDICINE, 2010)
Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis (PAM) is a rare disease characterized by the presence of small calculi in the alveolar space. The SLC34A2 is thought to be responsible for the disease. We encountered three siblings of an ...
Effects of long-term non-invasive home mechanical ventilation on chronic respiratory failure
(TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2010)
Objective: Chronic respiratory failure (CRF) is a syndrome defined by certain disturbances in arterial blood gases. Non-invasive mechanical ventilation (NIMV) is an increasingly used treatment modality in respiratory ...