Assessment of airway function using partial expiratory flow-volume curves: How reliable are measurements of maximal expiratory flow at FRC during early infancy?

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 480-486

  Henschen, Matthias ^a,b   Stocks, Janet ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREATHING MECHANICS; EXPIRATORY RESERVE VOLUME; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033011164     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.159.2.9801083     Document Type: Article

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