Lung transplantation obliterative bronchiolitis

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Obliterative Bronchiolitis Foiiowing Lung or Heart-Lung Transplantation... 

Figure 3 (See color insert.) Typical lesion of OB in an open lung biopsy of a lung transplant patient with a progressive decline of the FEVi- The airway is entirely obliterated by a fibrous plug (arrow). Abbreviations OB, obliterative bronchiolitis FEVi, forced expiratory volume in one second. Source Courtesy of Prof. E.K. Verbeken, Leuven, Belgium.

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