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Covid could be causing long-term lung damage, study suggests – The Independent
A larger trial of up to 100 participants is being planned
Covid-19 could be causing lung damage visible more than three months after infection, a new study has suggested, prompting a lead researcher to hypothesise it could be linked to long Covid.
A preliminary study of 10 patients at the University of Oxford used a new scanning method to detect lung abnormalities not seen in conventional scans.
The technique involves patients inhaling a gas called Xenon during a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan.
The research, which is led by Prof Fergus Gleeson,…
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