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Phenotyping Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction Using Body Plethysmography and Computed Tomography.
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons - 1 Nov 2016
Suhling H, Dettmer S, Greer M, Fuehner T, Avsar M, Haverich A, Welte T, Gottlieb J
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Restrictive subtype of chronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD) was recently described after lung transplantation. This study compares different definitions of a restrictive phenotype in CLAD patients and impact on survival. Eighty-nine CLAD patients out of 1191 screened patients (September 1987 to July 2012) were included as complete longitudinal lung volume measurements and chest computed tomography (CT) after...
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