Wavering in the breeze: Is multiple breath washout useful in primary ciliary dyskinesia?

Thorax

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 305-306

  Bush, Andrew ^a,b,c   Irving, Samantha ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; ANALYZER; BRONCHIECTASIS; CILIARY DYSKINESIA; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; EDITORIAL; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG CLEARANCE; LUNG CLEARANCE INDEX; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MULTIPLE BREATH WASHOUT; NITROGEN WASHOUT; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPIROMETRY; TIDAL VOLUME; FEMALE; LUNG; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

CILIARY MOTILITY DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE;

EID: 84925613937     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2015-206822     Document Type: Editorial

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