[The ultrastructural characteristics of the bronchial mucosa in chronic inflammation in participants in the cleanup of the aftermath of the accident at the Chernobyl Atomic Electric Power Station].
Bronchial biopsies from persons exposed to radiation after the Chernobyl accident with clinically verified chronic bronchitis were studied by electron microscopy. The results demonstrate transformed alterative, compensatory-adaptive and inflammatory reactions in bronchial mucosa of contingent. Nevertheless, their integral significance does not alter the nosologic form, and some structural equivalents have dynamic expression.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D001980:Bronchi / Q000528:radiation effects / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D001991:Bronchitis / Q000473:pathology*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008875:Middle Aged; D009092:Mucous Membrane / Q000528:radiation effects / Q000648:ultrastructure; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011210:Power Plants; D018788:Radioactive Hazard Release; D014455:Ukraine