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. 2014 Feb;14(1):68-71.
doi: 10.7861/clinmedicine.14-1-68.

Non-malignant asbestos-related diseases: a clinical view

David Fishwick  1 , Christopher M Barber
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Non-malignant asbestos-related diseases: a clinical view

David Fishwick et al. Clin Med (Lond). 2014 Feb.
No abstract available

Keywords: Asbestos; asbestosis; benign asbestos effusion; compensation; diffuse pleural thickening; pleural plaques; rounded atelectasis..

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Fig 1.
Chest radiograph of bilateral calcified pleural plaques.
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Fig 2.
Computed tomography image of rounded atelectasis.
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Fig 3.
Computed tomography image of asbestos-related pleural thickening.
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