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===General===
===General===
*Usually due to smoking.
*Usually due to smoking.
*May be associated with [[alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency]].
*Often lumped together with ''[[chronic bronchitis]]'' and called ''chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)''.<ref name=Ref_PCPBoD8_386>{{Ref PCPBoD8|368}}</ref>
*Often lumped together with ''[[chronic bronchitis]]'' and called ''chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)''.<ref name=Ref_PCPBoD8_386>{{Ref PCPBoD8|368}}</ref>
Causes of emphysema other than smoking:<ref name=pmid12546267>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Lee | first1 = P. | last2 = Gildea | first2 = TR. | last3 = Stoller | first3 = JK. | title = Emphysema in nonsmokers: alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency and other causes. | journal = Cleve Clin J Med | volume = 69 | issue = 12 | pages = 928-9, 933, 936 passim | month = Dec | year = 2002 | doi =  | PMID = 12546267 | URL = http://www.ccjm.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=12546267 }}</ref>
*[[Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency]]
*[[Connective tissue diseases]].
**[[Marfan syndrome]].
**[[Ehlers-Danlos syndrome]].
*[[IVDU]].
*[[HIV]].


====Pathologic classification====
====Pathologic classification====
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