Minimal distensibility of pulmonary capillaries in avian lungs compared with mammalian lungs
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عنوان ژورنال: Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1569-9048
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2007.09.013