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Preferred term

Lung Injury  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Damage to any compartment of the lung caused by physical, chemical, or biological agents which characteristically elicit inflammatory reaction. These inflammatory reactions can either be acute and dominated by NEUTROPHILS, or chronic and dominated by LYMPHOCYTES and MACROPHAGES.

Entry terms

  • Lung Injuries
  • Pulmonary Injury

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-HXB7HSJS-Q

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