Variation in diaphragm position and shape in adults with normal pulmonary function

Chest

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2019-2027

  Suwatanapongched, Thitiporn ^a,c   Gierada, David S ^a   Slone, Richard M ^a,d   Pilgram, Thomas K ^a   Tuteur, Peter G ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d From Mease Countryside Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Diaphragm; Radiography; Statistics; Thoracic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0038385887     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.123.6.2019     Document Type: Article

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