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Researchers from Royal University, Department of Respiratory Medicine publish new studies and findings in the area of life sciences
December 2nd, 2008
Investigators publish new data in the report 'Anthracofibrosis, bronchial stenosis with overlying anthracotic mucosa: possibly a new occupational lung disorder: a series of seven cases From one UK hospital.' According to a study from Salford, the United Kingdom, "Anthracofibrosis, which was recently defined as bronchial stenosis with overlying anthracotic mucosa, has been infrequently reported in Asia as a complication of tuberculosis (TB). It has not been reported in the United Kingdom or the United States, or, to our knowledge, in non-Asian patients." "We have identified seven cases of patients presenting to a single teaching hospital in the northwest of U.K. over a...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-12-02)
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