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*Dept di Science Motorie, University of Genova, I-16132 Genova, Italy. +Division de Pneumologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, CH-1011 Lausanne, Switzerland. Since the early studies with inert gas dilution techniques, it has been known that residual volume and functional residual capacity are increased in patients with pulmonary emphysema [1] or acute asthma [2]. These findings were...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Anaesthesia
سال: 1977
ISSN: 0003-2409,1365-2044
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1977.tb10097.x