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Inflammatory changes in the airways of mice caused by cigarette smoke exposure are only partially reversed after smoking cessation

BACKGROUND: Tobacco smoking irritates and damages the respiratory tract and contributes to a higher risk of developing lung emphysema. At present, smoking cessation is the only effective treatment for reducing the progression of lung emphysema, however, there is hardly anything known about the effec...

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Autores principales: Braber, Saskia, Henricks, Paul AJ, Nijkamp, Frans P, Kraneveld, Aletta D, Folkerts, Gert
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2918562/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20649997
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-11-99