Female Hormone Exposure and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Are Also Potential Risk Factors for Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Pulmonary Disease

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pulmonary Medicine and Allergy, Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
² Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea; Division of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, Scotland. Electronic address: hychoimd@gmail.com.

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Hyun Lee et al. Chest. 2023 Nov.

. 2023 Nov;164(5):e155-e156.

doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2023.06.045. Epub 2023 Nov 7.

¹ Division of Pulmonary Medicine and Allergy, Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
² Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea; Division of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, Scotland. Electronic address: hychoimd@gmail.com.

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Loebinger MR, Quint JK, van der Laan R, Obradovic M, Chawla R, Kishore A, van Ingen J. Loebinger MR, et al. Chest. 2023 Nov;164(5):e156-e157. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2023.07.024. Epub 2023 Nov 7. Chest. 2023. PMID: 37945200 No abstract available.