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Restrictive allograft syndrome (RAS): a novel form of chronic lung allograft dysfunction.
The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation - 1 Jul 2011
Sato Masaaki, Waddell Thomas K, Wagnetz Ute, Roberts Heidi C, Hwang David M, Haroon Ayesha, Wagnetz Dirk, Chaparro Cecilia, Singer Lianne G, Hutcheon Michael A, Keshavjee Shaf
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BACKGROUND: Bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS) with small-airway pathology and obstructive pulmonary physiology may not be the only form of chronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD) after lung transplantation. Characteristics of a form of CLAD consisting of restrictive functional changes involving peripheral lung pathology were investigated. METHODS: Patients who received bilateral lung transplantation from...
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