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Author:   Norbert Voelkel ,  William MacNee
Publisher:   B.C. Decker Inc
Imprint:   B.C. Decker Inc
Edition:   2nd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 21.80cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 28.50cm
Weight:   1.633kg
ISBN:  

9781550093902

ISBN 10:   1550093908
Pages:   528
Publication Date:   16 January 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   No Longer Our Product
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"1: Chronic Bronchitis and Emphysema: Historical Overview 2: Lung Growth and Development 3: The Airway Epithelium 4: Epidemiology of COPD 5: Genetic Susceptibility and Development of Emphysema 6: Pediatric Obstructive Disease 7: Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency 8: Pathobiology of Chronic Bronchitis and Emphysema 9: Inflammation in the Pathogenesis of COPD 10: COPD - The Dutch Hypothesis 11: Environmental Factors of COPD 12: Hypersecretion 13: Surfactant and Small Airway Diseases 14: Diffuse Parenchymal Interstitial Lung in Small Airways 15: Other Large Airway Disease which Limit Airflow 16: Bacterial Infections and COPD 17: Viral Infections and COPD 18: Animal Models of Emphysema 19: The Physiology and Lung Function Analysis of Chronic Obstructive Airway Diseases 20: Imaging, Chest X-Ray, CT Scanning of Chronic Obstructive Lung Diseases 21: Bronchoscopy and Bronchography of Acute and Chronic Bronchitis 22: Ventilation/Perfusion Mismatch in COPD 23: Pulmonary Hypertension and Cor Pulmonale in COPD 24: The Clinical Management of Patients with COPD 25: Pharmacotherapy of COPD 26: Smoking Cessation 27: Respiratory Muscles in COPD 28: The ""Acute Exacerbation"" of COPD 29: COPD: A Wasting Disease 30: Surgical Treatment and Lung Transplantation in COPD 31: From COPD to Lung Cancer"

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Norbert F. Voelkel, MD Professor of Medicine, Director, Victoria Johnson Center for Emphysema Research Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine Virginia. William MacNee, MBChB, MD, FRCPC, FRCPE Professor of Respiratory and Environmental Medicine Honorary Consultant Physician Patient Services Director, Respiratory Medicine University of Edinburgh Medical School, Teviot Place Edinburgh, Scotland.

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