William M. Thurlbeck - Thurlbecks Chronic Airflow Obstruction, 2nd Edition

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Page iii Thurlbeck's Chronic Airflow Obstruction Second Edition William Michael Thurlbeck, MD Emeritus Professor Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine University of British Columbia Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Joanne Lynne Wright, MD Professor Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine University of British Columbia Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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Page v Contents 1 Historical Considerations 1 2 Tests of Pulmonary Function 9 3 Chronic Bronchitis 17 4 Emphysema: Classification, Morphology, and Associations 85 5 Emphysema: Etiology, Pathogenesis, Animal Models, and Epidemiology 145 6 Emphysema: Clinical and Clinicopathologic Correlations, Radiographic Alterations, Lung Reduction Surgery 189 7 Airflow Obstruction Due to Disease in the Small Airways 223 8 Asthma 255 9 Bronchiectasis 291 10 Diseases in the Other Organs 311 Index 325

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