Small changes in six-minute walk distance are important in diffuse parenchymal lung disease
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Can a Six-Minute Walk Distance Predict Right Ventricular Dysfunction in Patients with Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Disease and Pulmonary Hypertension?
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عنوان ژورنال: Respiratory Medicine
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0954-6111
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2009.04.024