Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6241967 | Respiratory Medicine | 2014 | 28 Pages |
Abstract
Compared with COPD without AATD, AATD patients are younger, more often males, have a lower prevalence of cardio-vascular diseases and diabetes mellitus, and higher prevalence of osteoporosis. Moreover, they have better prognosis, partly due to greater chance of receiving a lung transplantation.
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Authors
Thomas J. Ringbaek, Niels Seersholm, Michael Perch, Martin Iversen, Peter Lange,