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Emphysema pathophysiology
Smoking and air pollution cause the alveoli in the lungs stiff and less stretchy, making it difficult for air to escape during exhalation. Learn how the destruction of the protein elastin is key to the progression of emphysema, and how the over production of elastase occurs.
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