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. 1970 Aug 29;3(5721):492–495. doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5721.492

Circulating Rheumatoid and Antinuclear Factors in Asbestos Workers

Margaret Turner-Warwick, W Raymond Parkes
PMCID: PMC1701367  PMID: 4918296

Abstract

In an unselected series of 80 patients with asbestos exposure referred to the London Pneumoconiosis Medical Panel, antinuclear and rheumatoid factors were found in 28 and 27% respectively. This probably represents at least a fourfold increase over their incidence in random populations. The presence of these autoantibodies was not related to the duration of exposure, but was related to the extent of radiographic abnormality.

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