Multicentre feasibility and variability of measuring the lung clearance index in healthy volunteers

S. Fuchs, H. Ellemunter, J. Eder, U. Mellies, J. Grosse-Onnebrink, B. Tümmler, D. Staab, A. Jobst, M. Griese, J. Ripper, E. Rietschel, S. Zeidler, F. Ahrens (Wesel, Essen, Hannover, Berlin, Munich, Cologne, Hamburg, Germany; Innsbruck, Austria)

Source: Annual Congress 2011 - Important new developments in paediatric respiratory physiology
Session: Important new developments in paediatric respiratory physiology
Session type: Oral Presentation
Number: 3221
Disease area: Paediatric lung diseases

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