Article
Recent advances in the understanding of bronchiolitis in adults
2020-06-08
Abstract excerpt
Bronchiolitis is injury to the bronchioles (small airways with a diameter of 2 mm or less) resulting in inflammation and/or fibrosis. Bronchioles can be involved in pathologic processes that involve predominantly the lung parenchyma or large airways, but, in some diseases, bronchioles are the main site of injury (“primary bronchiolitis”). Acute bronchiolitis caused by viruses is responsible for most cases of bronc...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 1554460c-3f7e-5a6e-8b7b-cb942e11153d
- DOI
- 10.12688/f1000research.21778.1