A "splitting" look at chronic nonspecific lung disease (CNSLD): common features but diverse pathogenesis.

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A "splitting" look at chronic nonspecific lung disease (CNSLD): common features but diverse pathogenesis.

The European respiratory journal - 1 Apr 1991

Vermeire P A, Pride N B

Abstract excerpt

The term chronic nonspecific lung disease (CNSLD) was proposed by the Ciba Symposium in 1959 as an umbrella term grouping chronic bronchitis, asthma, emphysema and irreversible or persistent obstructive lung disease. However, it has only been widely used by proponents of the Dutch Hypothesis, whi...

Topics

Asthma
Environmental Exposure
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Humans
Lung Diseases, Obstructive
Terminology as Topic

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