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