Last word on viewpoint: Use of mean airspace chord length to assess emphysema

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1986-1997

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ACCURACY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EMPHYSEMA; HISTOLOGY; LETTER; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG STRUCTURE; LUNG VOLUME; MEAN AIRSPACE CHORD LENGTH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS;

EID: 57349092931     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.91359.2008     Document Type: Letter

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