TY - CHAP AU - Eva Babusikova AU - Jana Jurecekova AU - Andrea Evinova AU - Milos Jesenak AU - Dusan Dobrota ED - Mostafa Ghanei Y1 - 2012-02-01 PY - 2012 T1 - Oxidative Damage and Bronchial Asthma N2 - Medicine is an ever-changing science. In this regard, Respiratory medicine is not an exception and has been evolving during recent years. As new research broadens our knowledge, advanced methods for diagnoses are better understood, providing genetic and underlying pathophysiology of diseases and new clinical experiences. Consequently, publications of new resources along with revisions of previous ones are required. The book Respiratory Diseases brings practical aspects of pulmonary diseases. It contains the result of years of experience through expert clinicians in this field from different scientific centers. The respiratory diseases are discussed according to epidemiology, pathology, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis. It includes updated resources of the pathogenesis and some molecular aspects of the aforementioned diseases and is recommended reading for all clinicians and medical students, especially pulmonologists, to access highlighted respiratory diseases in this book. BT - Respiratory Diseases SP - Ch. 7 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/32132 DO - 10.5772/32132 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-03-29 ER -