Unfolding the mechanisms of progression of pulmonary emphysema in COPD

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 801-803

  Pellegrino, Riccardo ^a   Antonelli, Andrea ^a  

^a S CROCE E CARLE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; ELASTASE; LONG ACTING DRUG;

AIRWAY REMODELING; ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; APOPTOSIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DENSITOMETRY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; INFLAMMATION; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG INJURY; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG VOLUME; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; POLLUTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SMOKE; SPIROMETRY; THORAX PRESSURE;

HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84867122090     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00030112     Document Type: Editorial

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