Neutrophil elastase is an important protease enzyme that when expressed aberrantly can cause emphysema or emphysematous changes.
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But those who frequented it were not callow youths looking for mind-expanding chemicals or pre-emphysematous wretches craving a smoke.
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Infections due to " C . perfringens " show evidence of tissue necrosis, bacteremia, emphysematous cholecystitis, and gas gangrene, which is also known as clostridial myonecrosis.