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Descriptor English: Asbestosis
Descriptor Spanish: Asbestosis
Descriptor asbestosis
Entry term(s) fibrosis pulmonar por exposición a asbestos
neumonitis intersticial idiopática por exposición a asbestos
Scope note: Forma de neumoconiosis causada por inhalación de fibras de asbesto que desencadenan respuestas inflamatorias intensas en el parénquima pulmonar. La enfermedad se caracteriza por fibrosis intersticial del pulmón, que varía desde focos dispersos a extensa cicatrización del intersticio alveolar.
Descriptor Portuguese: Asbestose
Descriptor French: Asbestose
Entry term(s): Asbestoses
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonitis - from Asbestos Exposure
Pulmonary Fibrosis - from Asbestos Exposure
Tree number(s): C08.381.483.581.125
C08.381.520.702.125
C24.800.127
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001195
Scope note: A form of pneumoconiosis caused by inhalation of asbestos fibers which elicit potent inflammatory responses in the parenchyma of the lung. The disease is characterized by interstitial fibrosis of the lung, varying from scattered sites to extensive scarring of the alveolar interstitium.
Annotation: do not coordinate with OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; for emphasis on presence of asbestos fibers, MINERAL FIBERS is available: see note there
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
DeCS ID: 1201
Unique ID: D001195
NLM Classification: WF 654
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2010/06/25
Asbestosis - Preferred
Concept UI M0001784
Scope note A form of pneumoconiosis caused by inhalation of asbestos fibers which elicit potent inflammatory responses in the parenchyma of the lung. The disease is characterized by interstitial fibrosis of the lung, varying from scattered sites to extensive scarring of the alveolar interstitium.
Preferred term Asbestosis
Entry term(s) Asbestoses
Pulmonary Fibrosis - from Asbestos Exposure - Narrower
Concept UI M0542818
Preferred term Pulmonary Fibrosis - from Asbestos Exposure
Entry term(s) Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonitis - from Asbestos Exposure



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