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Abstract
A pathological accumulation of air in tissues or organs.
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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also available are PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA and PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM see MEDIASTINAL EMPHYSEMA
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Emphysema. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004646. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004646
- Emphysema. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumatosis
- Emphysema. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1339243