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Bronchiectasis

Bronchiectasis is a long-term lung condition. If you have bronchiectasis, your airways (tubes connecting your windpipe to the lowest part of the lungs) are wider than normal. This leads to mucus (or sputum) building up and making you more at risk of getting lung infections.

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Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Respiratory Society 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5831352/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29515674
http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/20734735.ELF141
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description Bronchiectasis is a long-term lung condition. If you have bronchiectasis, your airways (tubes connecting your windpipe to the lowest part of the lungs) are wider than normal. This leads to mucus (or sputum) building up and making you more at risk of getting lung infections.
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spelling pubmed-58313522018-03-07 Bronchiectasis Breathe (Sheff) ELF Factsheet Bronchiectasis is a long-term lung condition. If you have bronchiectasis, your airways (tubes connecting your windpipe to the lowest part of the lungs) are wider than normal. This leads to mucus (or sputum) building up and making you more at risk of getting lung infections. European Respiratory Society 2018-03 /pmc/articles/PMC5831352/ /pubmed/29515674 http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/20734735.ELF141 Text en Copyright ©ERS 2018 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Breathe articles are open access and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Licence 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) .
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5831352/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29515674
http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/20734735.ELF141