Carbon monoxide diffusing capacity (transfer factor)

Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 335-347

  Crapo, Robert O ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LDS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusing capacity; DL(CO); Gas uptake; Transfer factor; Variability

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; HEMOGLOBIN; OXYGEN;

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DYSPNEA; HUMAN; LUNG CAPILLARY; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG MECHANICS; LUNG TRANSFER FACTOR; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPIROMETRY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031811182     PISSN: 10693424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1009411     Document Type: Review

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