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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE
卷 181, 期 5, 页码 458-464出版社
AMER THORACIC SOC
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200907-1022CR
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pulmonary alveolar proteinosis; indium
资金
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Two cases of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis, including one death, occurred in workers at a facility producing indium-tin oxide (ITO), a compound used in recent years to make flat panel displays. Both workers were exposed to airborne ITO dust and had indium in lung tissue specimens. One worker was tested for autoantibodies to granulocytemacrophage-colonystimulating factor (GM-CSF) and found to have an elevated level. These cases suggest that inhalational exposure to ITO causes pulmonary alveolar proteinosis, which may occur via an autoimmune mechanism.
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