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Pathobiology of Emphysema

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Emphysema is a condition of the lung characterized by permanent and abnormal enlargement of the airspaces distal to the terminal bronchioles accompanied by destruction of their walls and without obvious fibrosis. Destruction is defined as nonuniformity in the pattern of respiratory air space enlargement; the orderly appearance of the acinus and its components is disturbed and may be lost.

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  1. Gordon L. Snider
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  1. Department of Physiology, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, WI, 53706, USA

    E. Edward Bittar MD

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Snider, G.L. (2002). Pathobiology of Emphysema. In: Bittar, E.E. (eds) Pulmonary Biology in Health and Disease. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-22435-0_21

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