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Thorax 1988;43:725-726; doi:10.1136/thx.43.9.725
Copyright © 1988 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd & British Thoracic Society.

Transfer factor for carbon monoxide in patients with diabetes with and without microangiopathy.

D C Weir, P E Jennings, M S Hendy, A H Barnett, P S Burge

Department of Thoracic Medicine, East Birmingham Hospital.

The transfer coefficient (KCO) was significantly lower in diabetic patients with microangiopathy than in a matched group without this complication. This may reflect microangiopathy in the pulmonary circulation.


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