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MeSH Heading: Pulmonary Emphysema
Tree Number(s): C08.381.495.389.750; C23.550.291.500.875.875
Unique ID: D011656
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011656
Annotation: in cattle, probably EMPHYSEMA, ACUTE BOVINE PULMONARY see PNEUMONIA, ATYPICAL INTERSTITIAL, OF CATTLE
Scope Note: Enlargement of air spaces distal to the TERMINAL BRONCHIOLES where gas-exchange normally takes place. This is usually due to destruction of the alveolar wall. Pulmonary emphysema can be classified by the location and distribution of the lesions.
Entry Version: PULM EMPHYSEMA
Entry Term(s): Centriacinar Emphysema; Centrilobular Emphysema; Emphysema, Pulmonary; Emphysemas, Pulmonary; Focal Emphysema; Panacinar Emphysema; Panlobular Emphysema; Pulmonary Emphysemas
NLM Classification #: WF 648
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2021/03/12

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0018129
Scope Note: Enlargement of air spaces distal to the TERMINAL BRONCHIOLES where gas-exchange normally takes place. This is usually due to destruction of the alveolar wall. Pulmonary emphysema can be classified by the location and distribution of the lesions.
Terms: Pulmonary Emphysema Preferred Term
Term UI T034426
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1966); Emphysema, Pulmonary
Term UI T034425
Date05/02/1976
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Emphysemas, Pulmonary
Term UI T034427
Date11/07/1990
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1992); Pulmonary Emphysemas
Term UI T034428
Date11/07/1990
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1992)

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