Congenital Lobar Emphysema congenital lobar emphysema. caused by bronchial cartilage abnormality;SOLID mass at birth dilated alveoli filled w/ fetal lung fluid. http://chorus.rad.mcw.edu/doc/00095.html
EMPHYSEMA emphysema. American Lung Association emphysema Foundation for our Rightto Survive National emphysema Foundation What is emphysema? 7/03. http://www.quincynet.com/analists/b2689-1.htm
Emphysema - Online Diagnosis. New Treatments, March 2, 2004 Online diagnosis of emphysema based on the patient s symptoms. NewTreatments, March 2, 2004. emphysema Online Diagnosis. Online http://www.medical-library.org/journals/mddx/wheezing/1_emphysema.htm
Extractions: Online Medical Diagnosis The National Medical Society Emphysema - Online Diagnosis Online diagnosis of emphysema based on the patient's symptoms. New Treatments, March 2, 2004. For how many months has the wheezing been present? How old is the patient? Is the patient a smoker now or previously? Yes No For how many years did the patient smoke? Does the patient have fever? Yes No Does the patient have fatigue? Yes No Does the patient have a cough Yes No Judith Harper, MD back to the library
HIV Infection Increases Smokers' Risk Of Emphysema April 6, 2000. HIV INFECTION INCREASES SMOKERS RISK OF emphysema. emphysema isa chronic, debilitating lung disease that strikes some longterm smokers. http://www.acs.ohio-state.edu/units/research/archive/hivsmoke.htm
Extractions: (an archive of past stories) Coverage of OSU Research Reports on national news stories OSU Cancer Report (cancer research and treatment) Frontiers (a magazine about cancer research and treatment) Synergy (a magazine produced by the College of Biological Sciences) Reporting on Cancer (a reporter's guide to the disease) Science Communications Staff Who we are and what we do. (Last updated 4/4/00) April 6, 2000 COLUMBUS, Ohio - Smokers who test positive for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the virus that causes AIDS, may be up to seven times more likely to develop emphysema, new research suggests. The findings have important implications for the health of people with HIV, and they may also help doctors understand the cause of emphysema in smokers generally. Emphysema is a chronic, debilitating lung disease that strikes some long-term smokers. Advanced emphysema results in breathlessness following even minor exertion. The disease usually strikes people who are in their 50s and 60s, but in this study, early emphysema was detected in people with an average age of 35.
Home - American Lung Association Site TAKE ACTIONSend the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control to the Senate for Ratification (May 11, 2004) Health Effects of Ozone and Particle Pollution. The American Lung Association State of the http://www.lungusa.org/diseases/lungemphysem.html
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