Lung function in 30-year-old alpha-1-antitrypsin-deficient individuals

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 861-865

  Bernspång, Elisabeth ^a   Wollmer, Per ^a   Sveger, Tomas ^a   Piitulainen, Eeva ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Pulmonary function; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN;

ADULT; ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; GAS DIFFUSION; HUMAN; LUNG CAPACITY; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG VOLUME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDUAL VOLUME; SPIROMETRY; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALPHA 1-ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUNG; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; PHENOTYPE; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; SWEDEN; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 67349229230     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2008.12.021     Document Type: Article

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