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Decline in pulmonary function in patients with alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency.
Lung - 1 Jan 1990
Evald T, Dirksen A, Keittelmann S, Viskum K, Kok-Jensen A
Abstract excerpt
Sixty-five patients with severe alpha 1-antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency (phenotype PiZ) were followed with spirometry at regular intervals of one year and a median observation period of four years. The annual decline in pulmonary function was adjusted for sex, age and height by division with the predicted normal pulmonary function. The median decline in FEV1 was 1.9% predicted/year. The rate of decline was...
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