The invaluable pressure-volume curve

Chest

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 578-583

  Wagers, Scott S ^a,b   Bouder, T Glen ^b   Kaminsky, David A ^b   Irvin, Charles G ^b  

^a University of Vermont Colchester Research Facility   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypersensitivity pneumonitis; Lung compliance; Pressure volume curve; Pulmonary physiology; Shape factor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PRESSURE VOLUME CURVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033998447     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.117.2.578     Document Type: Article

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