Commentary on Viewpoint: Use of mean airspace chord length to assess emphysema [18]

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1984-

  Parameswaran, Harikrishnan ^a   Majumdar, Arnab ^a   Hamakawa, Hiroshi ^a   Suki, Bela ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EMPHYSEMA; HISTOLOGY; LETTER; LUNG ALVEOLUS WALL; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG STRUCTURE; LUNG VOLUME; MEAN LINEAR INTERCEPT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; TISSUE INJURY;

EID: 57349135354     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.vpcomm.zdg-8294.2008     Document Type: Letter

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