Asbestos Exposure, Pleural Mesothelioma, and Serum Osteopontin Levels
Author(s) -
Harvey I. Pass,
Dan Lott,
Fulvio Lonardo,
Michael Harbut,
Zhandong Liu,
Naimei Tang,
Michele Carbone,
Craig P. Webb,
Anil Wali
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa051185
Subject(s) - osteopontin , asbestos , mesothelioma , medicine , asbestosis , pathology , pleural disease , cancer , oncology , respiratory disease , lung , materials science , metallurgy
We investigated the presence of osteopontin in pleural mesothelioma and determined serum osteopontin levels in three populations: subjects without cancer who were exposed to asbestos, subjects without cancer who were not exposed to asbestos, and patients with pleural mesothelioma who were exposed to asbestos.
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