The American review of respiratory disease
Am Rev Respir Dis
· ISSN (print) 0003-0805
· 3 papers in corpus
An inherited deficiency of alpha 1-antitrypsin with blood concentrations less than 80 mg/dl is associated with the accelerated development of emphysema. Current concepts of the pathogenesis of emphysema suggest that an imbalance between neu…
A 39-year-old woman had a 7-yr history of recurrent right-sided pneumothoraces. These occurred within 1 to 2 days before or after the beginning of the menstrual cycle. The patient recalled often having developed the right-sided pleuritic pa…
A patient with catamenial pneumothorax and pelvic endometriosis underwent pleuroscopic examination with the flexible bronchoscope. For the first time, using this technique, diaphragmatic defects were observed, and the passage of air through…