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Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency and spontaneous pneumothorax: possible causal relationship.
Pneumologia (Bucharest, Romania) - 1 Jan 2000
Serapinas Danielius, Obrikyte Viltaute, Vaicius Dalius, Balciuviene Ruta, Valavicius Arvydas, Sakalauskas Raimundas
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BACKGROUND: An increased incidence of serum alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency has been reported in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, but has not been well proven in association with spontaneous pneumothorax. The aim of our study was to evaluate frequency of alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency in subjects with spontaneous pneumothorax. METHODS: 39 patients with the diagnosis of spontaneous pneumothorax...
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