Emphysema Then and Now

The present definition or emphysema has three components: enlargement of airspaces. destruction or their walls and lack of fibrosis. Enlargement can be recognized by measuring the intcralvcolar wall distance or by comparing the airspaces under cnnsiJcration with adjacent or distant normal lung. Most...

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Main Author: William M Thurlbeck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 1994-01-01
Series:Canadian Respiratory Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1994/574940
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