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Progress of emphysema in severe alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency as assessed by annual CT.
Acta radiologica (Stockholm, Sweden : 1987) - 1 Sept 1997
Dirksen A, Friis M, Olesen K P, Skovgaard L T, Sørensen K
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PURPOSE: To assess serial CT as a measure of the progress of emphysema in patients with severe alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency (phenotype PiZ). MATERIAL AND METHODS: In a randomized placebo-controlled study of alpha 1-antitrypsin augmentation therapy, 22 patients with moderate emphysema were followed for 2-4 years with an annual lung CT. The images were analysed by means of semiautomatic lung detection, and the...
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