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Respiratory Tract Diseases > Lung Diseases > Lung Injury
Wounds and Injuries > Thoracic Injuries > Lung Injury

Preferred term

Lung Injury  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Injuries, Pulmonary
  • Injury, Pulmonary
  • Lung Injuries
  • Pulmonary Injuries
  • Pulmonary Injury

Note

  • ACUTE LUNG INJURY and VENTILATOR-INDUCED LUNG INJURY are also available

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 2009

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D055370

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