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. 1988 Sep;43(9):725–726. doi: 10.1136/thx.43.9.725

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

D C Weir 1, P E Jennings 1, M S Hendy 1, A H Barnett 1, P S Burge 1
PMCID: PMC461463  PMID: 3194879

Abstract

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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