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Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis in workers at an indium processing facility.
- Source :
- American Journal of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine; Mar2010, Vol. 181 Issue 5, p458-464, 7p
- Publication Year :
- 2010
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Abstract
- 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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1073449X
- Volume :
- 181
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- American Journal of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 105130523
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1164/rccm.200907-1022CR