Relationships between spirometry, ventilation inhomogeneity and fast and slow ventilation lung units in COPD

P. Gustafsson, D. Persson, P. Robinson, B. Houltz (Skövde, Göteborg, Sweden; Sydney, Australia)

Source: International Congress 2014 – Multidimensional analysis of respiratory problems
Session: Multidimensional analysis of respiratory problems
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 2185
Disease area: Airway diseases

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