Loss of Peripheral Tolerance in Emphysema. Phenotypes, Exacerbations, and Disease Progression.

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Heterogeneity in the development and progression of cigarette smoke-induced lung diseases strongly argues for a need to improve the clinical and phenotypic characterization of patients with chronic obstructive lung disease and emphysema. Smokers with emphysema are at a much higher risk for accelerated loss of lung function, increased cardiovascular morbidity, and development of lung cancer. Recent evidence in...

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