PATHOGENESIS OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE

PATHOGENESIS OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an obstructive pulmonary disorder which is characterized by limitation of expiratory airflow that is not fully reversible. The airflow limitation is usually progressive and is associated with an abnormal inflammatory response of the lungs to noxious pa...

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Main Authors: Snezana Cekic, Boris Djindjic, Milos Filipovic
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University in Nis, Faculty of Medicine 2006-01-01
Series:Acta Medica Medianae
Subjects:
bronchitis
emphysema
cigarette smoking
protease
matrix metalloproteinases
oxidative stress
alveolar macrophage
neutrophil
cytokine
mucociliary
Online Access:http://publisher.medfak.ni.ac.rs/2006-html/1-broj/Patogeneza%20hronicne...pdf

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