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Tuberculosis and the kidney.
Gusmão, L; Unidade de Nefrologia e Hemodiálise, Hospital Militar Principal, Lisboa.; Galvão, J; Alfarroba, EThere has been a recrudescence of tuberculosis, an ancient disease with recent control by public hygiene and drug therapy. Factors leading to the increased incidence of tuberculosis include the high incidence of tuberculosis among the AIDS population, and the emergence of drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis. In renal failure patients, there is impairment of several aspects of lymphocyte and granulocyte funct...
Benign pleural effusion caused by asbestos exposure.
Vieira, J R; Serviço de Pneumologia, Hospital de Santa Maria, Faculdade de Medicina de Lisboa.; Alfarroba, E; Viegas, J; Freitas e Costa, MThe Authors present the first case described among us of benign pleural effusion of an asbestotic origin. They stress the importance of thoracoscopy (pleuroscopy) in the diagnosis of this situation. Attention is drawn to the fact that asbestotic lesions and asbestotic bodies have been found in the lung and, in particular, in the parietal pleura as well. They emphasize the fact that exposure to asbestos was not ...
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