Granulomatosis with polyangiitis and associated pulmonary emphysema: Breathtaking vasculitis

Pulmonary emphysema occasionally occurs in the absence of smoking or noxious exposures. Other than through a known association with alpha-1 antitryspin deficiency, to our knowledge, no reports implicate granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) in causing airflow obstruction with small airway involveme...

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Main Authors: Shruti K Gadre, James K Stoller, Atul C Mehta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
Series:Lung India
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Online Access:http://www.lungindia.com/article.asp?issn=0970-2113;year=2015;volume=32;issue=4;spage=367;epage=369;aulast=Gadre