Bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome in lung transplantation

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Corporate Authors: SpringerLink (Online service)
Group Author: Meyer, Keith C.; Glanville, Allan R.
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Literature type: Electronic eBook
Language: English
Series: Respiratory medicine ; 8
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Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7636-8
Item Description: Includes index.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (321 p.)
ISBN: 9781461476368 (electronic bk.)
1461476364 (electronic bk.)
Index Number: RD539
CLC: R562.2
Contents: Bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome and chronic lung allograft dysfunction: evolving concepts and nomenclature -- Airway pathology in lung transplants -- Non-bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome forms of chronic lung allograft dysfunction -- The role of thoracic imaging in the diagnosis of BOS and related disorders -- Making a confident diagnosis of obliterative bronchiolitis -- The role of alloimmune T cell responses in obliterative bronchiolitis -- Antibody-mediated rejection and the bronchiolitis oblitereans syndrome -- Innate immune responses and bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome -- Mechanisms of fibrogenesis in post-transplant bronchiolitis obliterans -- The role of autoimmunity in the pathogenesis of obliterative bronchiolitis -- The role of infections of BOS -- Gastroesophageal reflux and aspiration in chronic lung allograft dysfunction and bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome: detection and treatment -- Bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome in children -- Immunosuppression for the prevention and treatment of BOS -- Macrolides for the treatment and prevention of BOS -- Other treatments for bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome.