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    Bauxite fibrosis is a progressive form of pneumoconiosis usually caused by occupational exposure to bauxite fumes which contain aluminium and silica particulates...
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    sound in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis velcro crackles on auscultation in a person with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis Problems playing this file? See...
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    Prolonged ILD may result in pulmonary fibrosis, but this is not always the case. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is interstitial lung disease for which...
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    idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and other fibrotic lung diseases. Despite extensive investigation, the cause of IPF remains unknown. The fibrosis in IPF has been...
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    1595. The name "cystic fibrosis" refers to the characteristic fibrosis and cysts that form within the pancreas. Cystic fibrosis typically manifests early...
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    cystic fibrosis. Cystic fibrosis eventually results in severe bronchiectasis in nearly all cases. The cause in 10–50% of those without cystic fibrosis is...
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    "grinder's disease" or Potter's rot) – crystalline silica dust Bauxite fibrosisbauxite Berylliosis – beryllium Siderosis – iron Byssinosis – Byssinosis...
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    widening of the bronchi (bronchiectasis), destruction, and scarring (fibrosis). The Earth's atmosphere is mainly composed of 78 vol. % nitrogen and 21 vol...
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    bowel disease Lung cancer and lymphoma Other lung diseases like cystic fibrosis, sarcoidosis, asbestosis, lymphangioleiomyomatosis, and mesothelioma Pneumothorax...
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    dysfunction. A molecular phenotype of CFTR dysfunction is shared with cystic fibrosis. A combined phenotype of chronic bronchitis and bronchiectasis has been...
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