Pathogenesis of pulmonary emphysema – cellular and molecular events
ABSTRACT Pulmonary emphysema is a chronic obstructive disease, resulting from important alterations in the whole distal structure of terminal bronchioles, either by enlargement of air spaces or by destruction of the alveolar wall, leading to loss of respiratory surface, decreased elastic recoil and...
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Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein
2010-06-01
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-45082010000200248&tlng=en |