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State of the Art. Mechanistic Heterogeneity in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Insights from Transgenic Mice
1 Aug 2006
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Alveolar destruction is a cardinal feature of emphysema but is not traditionally believed to contribute to the pathogenesis of "classical" asthma. However, the relationship between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma is controversial and the variety of mechanisms that can mediate the alveolar destruction in emphysema have not been adequately defined. To address these issues, we used...
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