{"title":"Bronchiolitis","authors":"C. Robinson","doi":"10.1093/med/9780198837114.003.0020","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Bronchioles are small airways of <2 mm diameter, lined by bronchial epithelium and with no cartilage in their walls. Terminal bronchioles lead to alveoli. Many bronchioles need to be affected by disease before a patient becomes symptomatic, when there will be increased airway resistance unresponsive to β2 stimulants. Bronchiolitis is poorly understood and is a mixture of conditions.","PeriodicalId":447884,"journal":{"name":"Oxford Handbook of Respiratory Medicine","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Oxford Handbook of Respiratory Medicine","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198837114.003.0020","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Bronchioles are small airways of <2 mm diameter, lined by bronchial epithelium and with no cartilage in their walls. Terminal bronchioles lead to alveoli. Many bronchioles need to be affected by disease before a patient becomes symptomatic, when there will be increased airway resistance unresponsive to β2 stimulants. Bronchiolitis is poorly understood and is a mixture of conditions.