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What could cause lung disease other than smoking?
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Several: Alpha 1 anti-trypsin deficiency, lymphangioleiomyomatosis, neoplasms, bronchectasis, kartagener's syndrome, primary ciliary dyskinesia, cystic fibrosis, pneumoconioses, viral pneumonia, parasitic pneumonia and several more just to mention some.
Answered 6/24/2014
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