Exercise capacity predicts health status in α1-antitrypsin deficiency

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 936-941

  Dowson, Lee J ^a   Newall, Clare ^a   Guest, Peter J ^a   Hill, Susan L ^a   Stockley, Robert A ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN;

ADULT; ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0035057155     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.163.4.2007048     Document Type: Article

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