The role of alpha-1-antitrypsin in the development of pulmonary emphysema

BACKGROUND: Cigarette smoke is the most important etiologic agent in the development of emphysema (defined as airspace enlargement in the lungs) which accounts for a growing number of deaths annually worldwide. The protease-antiprotease hypothesis has been proposed to explain the pathogenesis of...

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Main Author: Dhami, Rajwinder Kaur
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/11406