Lung volumes in interstitial lung disease in smokers
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Lung volumes and emphysema in smokers with interstitial lung abnormalities.
BACKGROUND Cigarette smoking is associated with emphysema and radiographic interstitial lung abnormalities. The degree to which interstitial lung abnormalities are associated with reduced total lung capacity and the extent of emphysema is not known. METHODS We looked for interstitial lung abnormalities in 2416 (96%) of 2508 high-resolution computed tomographic (HRCT) scans of the lung obtaine...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Thorax
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0040-6376,1468-3296
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200359