[Initial results with x-ray absorption spectrometry in lung fibrosis].
Biopsies from 68 patients suffering from interstitial lung disease were examined with regard to minerals using Energy Dispersive X-Ray Analysis (EDXA). In 31 patients a higher portion of minerals or elements were found as pigments. The interpretation of these findings is difficult. If there is a professional exposition and a reaction of the lung parenchyma the findings could be of clinical value.
Liebetrau
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Zentralklinik für Herz- und Lungenkrankheiten Bad Berka/DDR.
Strausz
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J
van Zglinicki
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T
Wiesner
B
B
D000535:Aluminum / Q000032:analysis; D001706:Biopsy; D004577:Electron Probe Microanalysis; D006801:Humans; D007501:Iron / Q000032:analysis; D008168:Lung / Q000032:analysis* / Q000473:pathology; D008903:Minerals / Q000032:analysis*; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D012825:Silicon / Q000032:analysis
D008903:Minerals; D000535:Aluminum; D007501:Iron; D012825:Silicon
Erste Erfahrungen mit der Röntgenabsorptionsspektrometrie bei Lungenfibrosen.