Article
Effect of environmental and clinical factors on lung function and respiratory symptoms in adolescents with alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency.
Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) - 1 Nov 1998
Piitulainen E, Sveger T
Abstract excerpt
Individuals identified in the Swedish neonatal alpha1-antitrypsin (AAT) screening study were followed prospectively from their first to their eighteenth year of life. The aim of this study was to analyse the effect of environmental factors, i.e. active and passive smoking, and of clinical factors...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Female
- Forced Expiratory Volume
- Humans
- Male
- Phenotype
- Prospective Studies
- Respiration
- Respiratory Function Tests
- Smoking
- Vital Capacity
- alpha 1-Antitrypsin Deficiency
