Prediction of BOS by the single-breath nitrogen test in double lung transplant recipients

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Riise, Gerdt C ^a   Mårtensson, Gunnar ^a   Houltz, Birgitta ^a   Bake, Björn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

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EID: 82055175785     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-4-515     Document Type: Article

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