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berylliosis

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berylliosis [bə‚ril·ē′ō·səs]
(medicine)
Chronic lung inflammation due to inhalation of beryllium oxide dust.


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59) Moreover, berylliosis can produce histopathologic changes identical to those of sarcoidosis, 60 so it is appropriate to include berylliosis in the differential diagnosis of sarcoidosis.
15) The report cautioned that if the incidence of berylliosis in workers became known outside the defense establishment, the outbreak "might be headlined, particularly in non-friendly papers, for weeks and months," and this might in turn "seriously embarrass the AEC and reduce public confidence in the organization.
Beryllium binding to HLA-DP molecule carrying the marker of susceptibility to berylliosis glutamate [beta]69.
 
 
 
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