TY - JOUR T1 - Familial spontaneous pneumothorax JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J SP - 342 LP - 345 DO - 10.1183/09031936.93.03030342 VL - 3 IS - 3 AU - P Lenler-Petersen AU - N Grunnet AU - TW Jespersen AU - P Jaeger Y1 - 1990/03/01 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/3/3/342.abstract N2 - In a three generation family with 27 members we examined a relationship could be found between spontaneous pneumothorax and HLA-haplotypes, alpha 1-antitrypsin phenotypes or concentration or lung volumes and ventilatory capacity. Eight individuals in the family suffered from spontaneous pneumothorax. No relationship with the investigated markers could be found in this informative family. All patients showed normal lung volumes and ventilatory capacity after recovery. ER -