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Pathogenesis of COPD (Persistence of Airway Inflammation): Why Does Airway Inflammation Persist After Cessation of Smoking?

  • Kato A
  • Hanaoka M
DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-0839-9_4
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The structural features of airways in patients with COPD are airway wall inflammation, fibrosis, muscle hypertrophy, and goblet cell metaplasia. These structural cellular changes contribute to mucus hypersecretion and destruction of the alveolar walls and a decline...

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Kato, A., & Hanaoka, M. (2017). Pathogenesis of COPD (Persistence of Airway Inflammation): Why Does Airway Inflammation Persist After Cessation of Smoking? (pp. 57–72). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0839-9_4

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