Structured Summary
Abstract
A subcategory of CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE. The disease is characterized by hypersecretion of mucus accompanied by a chronic (more than 3 months in 2 consecutive years) productive cough. Infectious agents are a major cause of chronic bronchitis.
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- Bronchitis, Chronic
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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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Indexing Annotation
BRONCHITIS is also available
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History Note
2002
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Previous Indexing
- Bronchitis (1965-2001)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Chronic Bronchitis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D029481. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D029481
- Chronic Bronchitis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_bronchitis
- Chronic Bronchitis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1139684