Chronic obstructive lung diseases
By: [edited by] Norbert F. Voelkel, William MacNee.
Contributors: Voelkel, Norbert F.; MacNee, William.
Publisher: BC Decker; pmph-usa; Brand: pmph-usa
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Hamilton, Ont
Language: eng
Number of pages: 428
Subjects: Lungs -- Diseases, Obstructive.; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1. Historical Overview of Emphysema 1; title: Norbert F. Voelkel, MD; title: 2. Prenatal Lung Development 7; title: Gail H. Deutsch, MD and Halit Pinar, MD; title: 3 The Airway Epithelium 21; title: John R. Spurzem, MD, MSPH and Stephen I Rennard, MD; title: 4 Epidemiology 41; title: J0rgen Vestbo, MD, DMSc; title: 5 Genetic Risk Factors 56; title: Ladina Joos, MD, Peter D. Pare, MD, and Andrew J. Sandford, PhD; title: 6 Perinatal Stress and the Risk for Chronic Lung Disease in Adults 65; title: Steven H. Abman, MD; title: 7 (a-Antitrypsin Deficiency 80; title: Robert Andrew Stockley, MD, DSc, FRCP; title: 8 The Pathobiology of Chronic Bronchitis and Emphysema 90; title: Rubin M. Tuder, MD and Norbert F. Voelkel, MD; title: 9 Inflammation in the Pathogenesis of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 114; title: Mariam Saetta, MD, Graziella Turato, PhD, Fabrizio Lupi, MD, and; title: Leonardo M. Fabbri, MD; title: 10 The Dutch Hypothesis 127; title: Nick H.T. ten Hacken, MD, PhD, Marike H.M. Boezen, PhD, and; title: Dirkje S. Postma, MD, PhD; title: 11 Environmental Factors in COPD 145; title: William MacNee, MBChB, MD, FRCPC, FRCPE and; title: Kenneth Donaldson, PhD, DSc, PIBiol, FRCPath, FFOM; title: 12 Mucus and Mucus-Secreting Cells 161; title: Jay A. Nadel, MD; title: 13 Surfactant and Small-Airway Diseases 175; title: Bernd Miller, PhD, Carola Seifart, MD, and Peter von Wichert, MD, PhD; title: 14 Other Large-Airway Diseases that Limit Airflow 184; title: Carlos E. Girod, MD and Marvin I. Schwarz, MD; title: 15 Diffuse Interstitial Lung Diseases Resulting in Airflow Limitation 199; title: Carlos E. Girod, MD and Marvin I. Schwarz, MD; title: 16 Bacterial Infection 214; title: Sanjay Sethi, MD; title: 17 Viral Infections in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 227; title: James C. Hogg, MD, PhD, FRSC; title: 18 Animal Models of Emphysema 237; title: Gordon L. Snider, MD, Piero A. Martorana, DVM, Edgar C. Lucey, PhD, and; title: Giuseppe Lungarella, MD; title: 19 Lung-Function Testing in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 257; title: Stephen Corne, MD, FRCPC and Nicholas R. Anthonisen, MB, PhD, FRCPC; title: 20 Imaging 270; title: David A. Lynch, MD and C. Martin O'Driscoll, MD, FRCR; title: 21 Ventilation-Perfusion Mismatch 292; title: Joan Albert Barbera, MD and Robert Rodriguez-Roisin, MD; title: 22 Pulmonary Hypertension and Cor Pulmonale in Chronic Obstructive 306; title: Pulmonary Disease; title: Emmanuel Weitzenblum, MD, Ari Chaouat, MD, Romain Kessler, MD,; title: Michele Beau-Faller, MD, and Roland Schott, MD; title: 23 Clinical Management 319; title: Bartolome R. Celli, MD; title: 24 Smoking Cessation 332; title: Stephen I Rennard, MD and David M. Daughton, MS; title: 25 Respiratory Muscles in Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease 341; title: Guy Czaika, PhD, Selma Mehiri, MD, and Alejandro Grassino, MD; title: 26 Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 352; title: Norbert F. Voelkel, MD; title: 27 A Wasting Disease 364; title: E.F.M. Wouters, MD; title: 28 Surgical Therapy for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease 377; title: Martin R. Zamora, MD; title: 29 From Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease to Lung Cancer 403; title: Robert L. Keith, MD, Andrea J. Cohen, BSc, MD, CM, FRCPC, and; title: York E. Miller, MD.