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The early changes of asbestosis are subpleural dots, subpleural lines, septal lines and small honeycomb cysts. In subjects who have had asbestos exposure, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is indistinguishable from asbestosis clinically, physiologically, radiologically and pathologically except that the presence of pleural plaques increases the likelihood asbestos is responsible for the ... ................
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