Fungal infection with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

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  • B Roth
  • S Crawford
چکیده

We realized with interest that our findings were similar to those described by Zielinski and coworkers in a publication which was unknown to ms. Subjects included in the study b’ Zielinksi amid coworkers seemed to have more fnmnctional impairment in terms of reduction in vital capacity and more pronounced bronchial hyperresponsiveness (PC,, varying from 0.35 to 2.0 mg/mI, compared to PC5 varying from 0.5 to >64 mg/mI in our study). We suggested that the persistence (If pulmonary edema and chronic inflammatory changes in the airways conk! explaimi the absence of significant changes in bronchial liy-perrespnsiveness in the majority (If subjects after diuretic therapy: The improvement in bronchial responsiveness after cardiac surgery fllr mitral valve disease might suggest that lxth edema amid inflammation of the airway’ wall were cured by’ the surgery

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Chest

دوره 98 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1990