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The pulmonary epithelial permeability of 99mTc-DTPA (diethylene triamine penta acetate) was assessed in patients with interstitial lung diseases including radiation pneumonitis, idiopathic interstitial pneumonia/pulmonary fibrosis, sarcoidosis, unclassified interstitial pneumonia, and in healthy subjects. Pulmonary epithelial permeability was estimated by the rate constant (kep) of inhaled 99mTc-DTPA clearance from the lungs. Healthy nonsmokers had a mean kep value of 0.

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